Microsoft Group Policy tool enters broad beta
ENT News | at | by Mike
In rolling out Release Candidate 2 of Windows .NET Server 2003 on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. also offered the bulk of its user base a first look at a new tool for the prickly problems of Group Policy management. Users who sign up for the Corporate Preview Program to get RC2 of Windows .NET Server 2003 will also get the Beta 2 version of the Group Policy Management Console. Microsoft first introduced the GPMC to a limited group of testers in August.
Microsoft's new Group Policy Management Console will provide some of those same functions. The new tool combines new capabilities for Group Policy management with Group Policy-related elements of several existing tools. It consists of a Microsoft Management Console snap-in and scriptable interfaces for managing group policy.