Re: how to apply w2k security to w2k member servers under w2k3 dom

From: ben (ben_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/06/05

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    thanks, steven

    "Steven L Umbach" wrote:

    > Yes you can do exactly what you propose and it makes good sense. Create
    > separate OU's for your Windows 2000 servers and use an OU with a Windows
    > 2000 security template imported into it. Do not mix and match security
    > templates between Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 computers as you may have
    > unpredictable results. For domain controllers however do NOT move any out of
    > the default domain controllers container. You can however create separate
    > OU's inside of the domain controllers container if need be. Use the Security
    > Configuration and Analysis mmc snapin to verify the effective security
    > policy applied to your servers to make sure security settings are what you
    > expect. The biggest difference in security templates is security options as
    > Windows 2003 has several more than Windows 2000 and many have been
    > named. --- Steve
    >
    >
    > "ben" <ben@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:AF1F769B-D2AF-48AF-9A7C-E8D928C9EAC0@microsoft.com...
    > > hi,
    > >
    > > I have one w2k3 AD domain, all dcs are w2k3, 80% servers are w2k3 servers,
    > > 20% are w2k servers, I can apply w2k3 member server baseline security to
    > > all
    > > w2k3 servers and then apply customized security templates to them
    > > according
    > > to specific roles, but how to manage the security to w2k servers using
    > > GPO?
    > > if put all w2k servers into one OU and apply baseline security, how to
    > > apply
    > > the w2k security template to w2k servers under w2k3 domain? can I just
    > > import the w2k security template into w2k3 GPO and link to w2k servers OU?
    > >
    > >
    > > thanks!
    >
    >
    >


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