Supporting Technology

I was trying to figure out how in the world to manange Group Policy for Vista machines from a Vista Machine, but with a 03 domain controller.

It should have been simple, and I should have known, but here’s the trick:

Download the RSAT (Remote Server Administration Toolkit)

Now go to the control panel and go to Programs and Software.  Choose Enable or Disable Windows Components on the left hand pane.  Scroll through the list until you see Remote Server Administration Tools, and choos Group Policy Management in that list.  Apply the changes and then hit the Windows Key + R to bring up the run box.  Type GPMC.MSC and hit Enter and you should be in business!

This blog has some good details:  http://n3ilb.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/vista-group-policy-in-a-server-2003-active-directory/