Can I make a wireless Windows domain? And does Group Policy work to limit domain accounts' capabilities?

Question

The first, most important question of this thread is if I can form a wireless domain or if I have to do it wired.
If it matters, I have a Linksys E1200 router that does wireless and wired.
My second question refers to Group Policy. Is this the way domains limit their user account's capabilities? Because I was planning on making a domain, so that I could have unified user accounts that I could control from the server, limiting what those accounts
can access for further security. Is this what Group Policy does, and how would I move with starting that?

Answer 1

Hi Adrian,
>>The first, most important question of this thread is if I can form a wireless domain or if I have to do it wired.
Just as Alan suggested, Active Directory domains support both wired and wireless connections.
>>My second question refers to Group Policy. Is this the way domains limit their user account's capabilities?
Group Policy is an infrastructure that allows you to implement specific configurations for users and computers. Group Policy settings are contained in Group Policy objects
(GPOs), which are linked to the following Active Directory directory service containers: sites, domains, or organizational units (OUs). The settings within GPOs are then evaluated by the affected targets, using the hierarchical nature of Active Directory.
Consequently, Group Policy is one of the top reasons to deploy Active Directory because it allows you to manage user and computer objects.
Regarding group policy, the following link and articles can be referred to for more information.
Group Policy for Beginners
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh147307(v=WS.10).aspx
Group Policy Planning and Deployment Guide
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754948(v=WS.10).aspx
Group Policy
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb310732.aspx
Best regards,
Frank Shen