Level 1
0 / 100 XP

Group Policy Management

This lab provides hands-on experience with Group Policy Management, allowing you to create, link, and unlink a Group Policy Object (GPO) to control camera usage settings within an organizational unit.

Session duration: 60 minutes· Typical launch: ~3 min

Difficulty

Beginner

Lab level

Lab VMs

1

1 Windows

XP Reward

300 XP

On completion

Virtual machines

Lab VMs

Windows

SADC01

Windows

Username / Password

user / password123

Connection type

In-browser RDP / RDP

CPU / RAM

Lab instructions

Follow the steps below to complete the lab.

Create a Group Policy Object with the name DisableCamera.

  1. Log in to the Domain Controller server with username Administrator and password password123.
  2. Open Server Manager from the start menu.
  3. Click Tools from the menu and select Group Policy Management.
  4. In the left pane, expand Forest: ad.serveracademy.com, then click to expand Domains, and finally click to expand ad.serveracademy.com.
  5. Right-click on Group Policy Objects and select New.
  6. Enter the name DisableCamera and click OK.
  7. Click to expand Group Policy Objects.
  8. Right-click the DisableCamera GPO and click Edit.
  9. Navigate by clicking and expanding: Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Camera
  10. Locate the policy Allow Use of Camera to the right and double-click it.
  11. Select Enabled, and click Apply, then OK.
  12. Close the Group Policy Management Editor Window.
  13. Click Check step.

Link the DisableCamera GPO to "Server Academy" OU.

  1. In Group Policy Management, locate the OU Server Academy and right-click the OU.
  2. Select Link an Existing GPO and chose DisableCamera, and click OK.
  3. Click Check step.

Unlink the DisableCamera GPO from "Server Academy" OU.

  1. Right-click the DisableCamera GPO under the Server Academy OU.
  2. Select Delete (Link Only) and confirm the action when prompted.
  3. Verify the GPO is Unlinked by ensuring the DisableCamera GPO no longer appears under: Server Academy OU > Linked Group Policy Objects.
  4. Click Check step.