Creating and Linking Group Policy Objects

  Active Directory

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Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

  • Contains settings and configurations that can be applied to users and computers.
  • A domain can contain multiple GPOs
  • A GPO can be applied to multiple OUs (Organizational Units) simultaneously.

Create a GPO and Link it here

  • Both creates a GPO and links it automatically to the OU.

Scope

  • Links
    • Shows locations (path) of all OUs the GPO is linked to.
  • Security Filtering
    • Can be applied to specific user groups, so will not affect items NOT in the filtered groups.
    • Default = Authenticated Users, which is anyone or anything that can be authenticated by AD.

Details

  • Basic details
  • User Version and Computer version used when replicating to ensure all domain controllers running the same GPO versions.

Delegations

  • List of users that can read, edit, modify or delete the GPO
  • Important that “Authenticated Users” can READ the GPO in case it applies to them.

 

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