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| Common Information Management Object Model (CIMOM) |
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| Database used through Windows Management Instrumentation that contains information gathered when a computer starts and becomes part of the network. This information includes hardware, Group Policy Software Installation settings, Internet Explorer Maintenance settings, scripts, Folder Redirection settings, and Security settings. |
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| Command-line tool that enables administrators to create and display a Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) query from the command line. |
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| Group Policy Management feature that uses the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in to simulate the effect of a policy on the user environment. |
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| Feature in Group Policy Management that is equivalent to the Logging mode within the Resultant Set of Policy MMC snap-in. Rather than simulating policy effects, such as the Group Policy Modeling Wizard, Group Policy Results obtains Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) information from the client computer to show the actual effects that policies have on the client computer and user environment. |
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| Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) mode that queries existing policies in the hierarchy that are linked to sites, domains, domain controllers, and organizational units. This mode is useful for documenting and understanding how combined policies are affecting users and computers. The results are returned in an MMC window that can be saved for later reference. |
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| Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) mode that allows administrators to simulate the effect of policy settings prior to implementing them on a computer or user. |
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| Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) |
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| Query engine that looks at GPOs and then reports its findings. Use this tool to determine the effective settings for a user or computer based on the combination of the local, site, domain, domain controller, and OU policies. |
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| Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) |
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| Component of the Microsoft Windows operating system that provides management information and control in an enterprise environment. It allows administrators to create queries based on hardware, software, operating systems, and services. |
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| Filtering method that uses filters written in the WMI Query Language (WQL) to control GPO application. |
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| Language that is similar to structured query language (SQL). |
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