WMI Filtering for Windows 2000

From: Евгений Калинин (ekalinin_at_MML.NSI.RU)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Hello, all.

    I'm glad to announce the availability of a new freeware tool, WMI Filtering for Windows 2000.

     

    Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 include a new feature, WMI Filtering of Group Policy Objects. This feature allows to selectively apply a Group Policy object based on the result of a WMI query. For example, a GPO may be applied only to computers that have Windows XP SP1 installed.

    Although WMI Filtering does not require Windows Server 2003 on domain controllers, it is only available to Windows XP or later clients. Windows 2000 clients just ignore WMI Filters and apply the GPO regardless of the WMI query result.

    The purpose of WMI Filtering for Windows 2000 is to emulate WMI Filtering for domains that have a significant number of Windows 2000 client and server installations without the need to upgrade to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

    WMI Filtering for Windows 2000 maintains Active Directory security groups that contain computer accounts matching the criteria specified in the WMI queries. One or more queries are supported for each filter. Group Policy objects are then applied to these security groups, using the features compatible with Windows 2000 client systems.

     

    For more information and to download WMI Filtering for Windows 2000 please check the web site at http://www.mml.ru/WMIF2K

     

    Thanks,

    Eugene Kalinin.

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