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This section of the chapter includes detailed steps an administrator can perform to execute GPO-related administrative tasks.
Before Group Policy can be managed, the Group Policy Management Tools must be installed. These tools are installed by default on Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers, but for other systems, they must be manually installed. The following sections detail installation steps for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 systems.