Jeremy Moskowitz - Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop

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To my wife, Laura, who always gives me the support I need.Jeremy

I want to thank Alan Burchill for taking on the not-so-glamorous job of Technical Editor. Im really glad to have you on my team, helping me clean up the little messes I made during the writing process and taking on a heavy responsibility. Note: If there are still any technical problems with the book, blame me, not him. Alan was awesome.

I want to thank Sara Barry for taking my initial chapters and kneading them from a wad of dough into tasty pizza. And thanks go to Elizabeth Campbell, who has worked with me through every major project to completion for almost 12 years now. We joke that shes been making Jeremy sound like Jeremy since 2001. And its mostly true. Thank you.

Special thanks to my Sybex and Wiley compatriots: Peter Gaughan, Mariann Barsolo, Jay Lessandrini, Connor OBrien, Rayna Erlick, Rebekah Worthman, and Neil Edde. Once again, your dedication to my books success means so much to me. You take everything I create and deal with it so personally, and I really know that. Thank you, very sincerely.

Thanks to Jeff Hicks, PowerShell MVP, who helped me write the downloadable bonus chapter on Group Policy and PowerShell. Jeff, you did a smashing job, thank you.

Thanks to Brad Rudisail, who is a shining light of awesomeness; helping me out with both Group Policy and PolicyPak duties, left and right. Very glad youre on my team, and thanks for doing all the un-fun jobs you seem to actually find very fun.

Thank you to the Microsoft Group Policy team and the Group Policy MVPs who support me directly and indirectly and help me out whenever they can.

Thank you, Mark Minasi, for being a trusted friend, and a great inspiration to me personally and professionally.

Finally, I want to thank you. If youre holding this book, theres a good chance youve owned the previous edition or multiple previous editions. Thank you for your trust and for purchasing and repurchasing each edition of this book I work so hard to bring you each time.

When I meet you, the reader of this book, in person, it makes the hours and hours spent on a project like this vaporize away to a distant memory. Thank you for buying the book, joining me at my live events, joining me at GPAnswers.com, and for using my PolicyPak software. You all make me the best me I can be. Thanks.