Windows feature for centrally managing and configuring operating systems, applications, and user settings.
Group Policy is a Windows feature enabling centralised management of computers and users in Active Directory environments. Group Policy Objects (GPOs) define settings—security configurations, software installation, desktop settings, and more—applied automatically to computers and users based on their AD location. Group Policy enables consistent security baselines, reducing configuration drift and ensuring security settings are applied uniformly.
Why It Matters
The DSC Perspective:
Group Policy is how you enforce security settings consistently across Windows systems. Security baselines, password policies, and hardening configurations are typically deployed via GPO. Intune provides similar capabilities for cloud-managed devices.