1.3.2.1 Administrative Scenario

An administrator invokes a Group Policy administrative tool to manage a GPO, using the Policy Administration Protocol specified in [MS-GPOL] sections 2.2.7 and 2.2.8.<1> This administration is performed on the administrator's machine.

Using the Group Policy: Core Protocol specified in [MS-GPOL], the presence of the tool extension GUID for the Deployed Printer Connections administrative tool plug-in is queried. If present, the GPO contains policy settings that can be administered by using the Deployed Printer Connections administrative tool plug-in.

The administrative tool plug-in stores and retrieves the data from a GPO on a domain controller (DC). This data describes the printer connections that the administrator wants to add to a client that is affected by the GPO. The administrator can view the existing printer connection data and also update it to add new printer connections.