Customizing a Predefined Security Template
Customizing a predefined security template allows you to save the predefined template as a new template (to preserve the original predefined template) and then make edits to security settings to create a new template.
To customize a predefined security template, complete the following steps:
1.In the Security Templates console, shown in Figure 13-17, double-click Security Templates.
2.In the console tree, double-click the default path folder (°/oSystemrooP/o\Security\Templates), right-click the predefined template you want to modify, and then click Save As.
3.In the Save As dialog box, in the File Name list, specify a filename for the new security template, and then click Save.
4.In the console tree, right-click the new security template, and then select Set Description.
5.In the Security Template Description dialog box, type a description for the new security template, and then click OK.
6.In the console tree, double-click the new security template to display the security policies and double-click the security policy (such as Account Policies) you want to modify.
7.Click the security policy you want to customize (such as Password Policy), and then double-click the security setting to modify (such as Minimum Password
Length).
In the Properties dialog box for the get a+ certified online security setting, select the Define This Policy Setting In The Template check box to allow configuration, and then configure the security setting.
9. Click OK.
10.Configure other security settings as needed.
11.Close the Security Templates console.
12.In the Save Security Templates dialog box, click Yes to save the new security template file.
Best Practices for Security Templates
The following are the best practices for handling security templates:
Do not edit the Setup security.inf template, because it gives you the option to reapply the default security settings.
Do not apply the Setup security.inf template through Group Policy. The Setup security.inf template should be applied only to the local computer by using the
Security Configuration and Analysis feature.Do not apply the Compatible template to free exam question papers domain controllers.
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