Rolling out a new configuration to windows desktops in a network is always time consuming and challenging one for IT Pros. First, correct configuration details to be decided (for example proxy server configuration needs server IP address and port number) then the target list of computers or users to be identified where the configuration will be applied. Instead of giving users or computers separately, the Windows containers such group, OU, Domain and Site can be used. But it is not sufficient in the real time usage. For example, the Windows Firewall configuration should be applied to Windows XP+SP2 systems only. So using the Windows container will not be sufficient in this scenario. Hence a filtering option is required to eliminate few users or computers from the given container. The possible filter options are OS name, hardware type (laptop, notebook, etc.), even few users or groups from a container, available hard disk space, cpu speed, etc. The advantage of using these filters are unwanted users or systems will not be touched when configurations is applied and if the configuration execution status is available then it will be accurate.
It is the best practice to provide specific targets list when applying configurations to the remote systems !
Thanks
Mathi
