One of the followers of my blog requested to explain the basics of Group policy in simple words. Group policy itself is a very wide topic in this single post. But let's start with basic first. Group Policy is a feature from Microsoft server operating systems. It allows modifying working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. It offers centralized management and configuration of OS, applications and users’ settings in domain environment. You can outline, impose or modify configuration by using the settings in Group Policy Objects (GPO). Once you create relevant GPO, you can link it to site, domain, OU or child OU. You can divide group policies into two categories: Domain based policy : These types of policies are created in AD DS and stored in domain controllers. They are used to manage configuration of domain users and computers. Local group policy : These types of policies are configured locally on a PC. You can configure users’ settings who log on to