Control Group Policy Change
Centrally manage Group Policy configuration to minimize business risk
Using the powerful capabilities of Group Policy can help you secure and unify your enterprise operations. It can also help you meet compliance objectives, especially those that require you to document configuration changes that affect network security or access to sensitive files.
However, making changes to live Group Policy Objects (GPOs) can be risky and can have unintended and costly consequences.
To safely leverage Group Policy, you need to be able to:
- Model changes to GPOs safely—without interrupting services.
- Thoroughly test GPOs and secure approval from all stakeholders before deploying them.
- Deploy tested GPOs, often into untrusted Active Directory domains.
- Maintain consistent GPOs across business units, regions, or worldwide locations.
- Roll back to a last-known good GPO to quickly recover from errors.
- Report on configuration changes to demonstrate compliance.
Manage Group Policies with NetIQ
Only NetIQ® Group Policy Administrator™ provides the true off-line environment you need to securely administer GPOs. Administering Group Policy in an offline repository allows you to model and predict the impact of Group Policy changes before they affect your live Windows environment. And with version control, you can easily and quickly roll-back to the last known GPO if you discover a problem. In addition, you can safely involve all stakeholders in the review and approval process with the solution's robust workflow and delegation model. With these capabilities, you will be able to confidently leverage Group Policy as a corner stone of your Active Directory security model—without exposing the business to unnecessary risk.
