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
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Lab instructions
Follow the steps below to complete the lab.
Create a Group Policy Object with the name DisableCamera.
- Log in to the Domain Controller server with username
Administratorand passwordpassword123. - Open Server Manager from the start menu.
- Click Tools from the menu and select Group Policy Management.
- In the left pane, expand Forest: ad.serveracademy.com, then click to expand Domains, and finally click to expand ad.serveracademy.com.
- Right-click on Group Policy Objects and select New.
- Enter the name
DisableCameraand click OK. - Click to expand Group Policy Objects.
- Right-click the DisableCamera GPO and click Edit.
- Navigate by clicking and expanding: Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Camera
- Locate the policy Allow Use of Camera to the right and double-click it.
- Select Enabled, and click Apply, then OK.
- Close the Group Policy Management Editor Window.
- Click Check step.
Link the DisableCamera GPO to "Server Academy" OU.
- In Group Policy Management, locate the OU Server Academy and right-click the OU.
- Select Link an Existing GPO and chose DisableCamera, and click OK.
- Click Check step.
Unlink the DisableCamera GPO from "Server Academy" OU.
- Right-click the DisableCamera GPO under the Server Academy OU.
- Select Delete (Link Only) and confirm the action when prompted.
- Verify the GPO is Unlinked by ensuring the DisableCamera GPO no longer appears under: Server Academy OU > Linked Group Policy Objects.
- Click Check step.