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What role does Group Policy play in Windows Active Directory?

The role that group policy plays in Windows Active Directory are that they increase security across the active directory

Name and describe different ways GPOs can benefit security.

GPOs can benefit security by password policy that forces a group to make big and complicated passwords, System management which allows a lot of menial tasks to be automated.

How can the acronym “LSDOU” help you figure out which policies are in effect?

If there happens to be a conflict in the policies during processing the last applied policy is the one that is applied

Source: What is Group Policy and What Role Does It Play in Data Security

What I would like to know more about

I would like to know more about what group policies and other policies there are in the active directory and how much you can do with the policies and how deep they go in the AD infrastructure.