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Here are some replayable Group Policy training resources. Some are by Microsoft Speakers, others are by Jeremy Moskowitz.

TechNet Support WebCast: Troubleshooting Group Policy and profile issues in a domain environment by using Userenv logging

This Support WebCast session will discuss common problems that you may experience when working with Group Policy deployment and user profiles. It will also talk about how to troubleshoot these issues by using Userenv logging.

Support WebCast: Administration and Implementation of Group Policy in Microsoft Windows 2000

In this WebCast, we will cover what group policy is and how to deploy it in Windows 2000. We will also discuss the differences between policy in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

Support WebCast: Windows 2000: Group Policy

Discussion of the infrastructure, implementation, and troubleshooting of Group Policy and its components. Also discussed will be the features that extend Group Policy to implement Application Management, Security Settings, and User Profile configuration.

TechNet Webcast: Windows 2000/2003 Group Policy Essentials (by Jeremy Moskowitz)

Just getting started with Windows Group Policies? Unsure of where they apply, or how to manage them? Or have you already gotten yourself in a heap of trouble? In this session you'll learn just what Group Policy is, and how you can deploy it correctly! Join us in this session where you'll hear Active Directory and Group Policy guru Jeremy Moskowitz, author of the highly acclaimed Windows 2000: Group Policy, Profiles, and Intellimirror, teach you the ropes! You'll learn how to modify Group Policy objects to lock down desktops and manage your user environments. You'll gain insights into the thorny issues surrounding permissions. You'll discover how to delegate the job of creating Group Policies. Finally, you'll learn how to troubleshoot Group Policy — through tools and with your bare hands!

Speech Update: Windows 2000/2003 Group Policy Essentials with newer matierial (by Jeremy Moskowitz) (presented 6/3/2004)

Tune in now for the replay of NetIQ's Web seminar series - "Harness the Power of Active Directory Provisioning" where you'll discover how quickly and easily you can build customized provisioning solutions focused around Active Directory to automate desktop management.

Harness the Power of Active Directory Provisioning - Part 2 (NetIQ and Jeremy Moskowitz, Oct 24, 2004)

In Part 2, "Desktop Provisioning," NetIQ's Product Manager, Indy Chakrabarti, will be joined by noted Active Directory expert Jeremy Moskowitz to discuss the power of using Group Policy to efficiently configure and manage computers within your company to reduce administration and maximize productivity.

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Power Hour: Old School vs. New School - Level 200 (by Jeremy Moskowitz -- July 16, 2004)

Are you still using the Group Policy interface built into the box? If you're not using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) yet, don't panic. You just need a little guidance to get to there from here. And in this first Group Policy Power Hour, we'll explore how to take your old-school skills and bump them up a knotch into the new-school GPMC. In this hour, We'll do a half hour of talk and demonstration, and another half hour of questions and answers.

Group Policy -- Why Management Matters in your Enterprise
(by Jeremy Moskowitz)

Are you managing your Active Directory security or is it managing you? While Active Directory Group Policy plays a critical role in helping you comply with industry regulations and reduce the total cost of managing end users and desktops, you must also find a managed way to distribute Active Directory security. Join Group Policy guru Jeremy Moskowitz and NetIQ's Indy Chakrabarti on 4/21 for a free in-depth audiocast, "Group Policy - Why Management Matters in Your Enterprise." During this lively, interactive audiocast, you'll get the best practices you need to tame your Group Policies once and for all.

What's new with XP's Group Policy?
(by Jeremy Moskowitz, Nov 19th, 2003)

Explore 200 new group policy settings in WinServer 2003 and Windows
XP with renowned Windows author and speaker Jeremy Moskowitz.

Managing the XP Desktop?
(by Jeremy Moskowitz, Feb 23rd, 2003)

Listen and learn as Jeremy Moskowitz compares Windows XP with earlier-generation desktop OSes, touching on key differences in group policy, remote control, backup and recovery.

Jeremy will also discuss management issues such as:
* Helping users who are "lost at sea"
* Dealing with users "messing up" their desktops
* Misplaced data
* Getting the right patches/hotfixes
* User machines "blowing up"

UPCOMING

TechNet Webcast: Group Policy Power Hour: All About RSOP—Level 200
(by Jeremy Moskowitz)

A key skill to master in IT administration is knowing what's going on with the client systems. In this talk, Jeremy will demonstrate the various methods to get the Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) for your client systems. Both command-line tools and the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) can be used to gather this knowledge, so join Jeremy for this Power Hour session to learn how to use them to gather the information you need about your client systems.