Target Group Policy Preferences by Container, not but Group
From the archive (2011). Written for the tools of the time, so some details may be out of date.
Great Group Policy Preferences post over on the Ask the Directory Services Team Blog.
Hello again AskDS readers, Mike here again. This post reflects on Group Policy Preference targeting items, specifically targeting by security groups. Targeting preference items by security groups is a bad idea. There is a better way that most environments can accomplish the same result, at a fraction of the cost.