Creating Non-Inheriting Organizational Units for GPO Testing and Troubleshooting

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A Non-Inheriting Organizational Unit will NOT inherit any Group Policy Objects that are not directly linked EXCEPT for GPOs that are enforced!

Server Manager > Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers

To update policies immediately (instead of 90 minutes or so)

gpupdate /force

To make an OU non-inheriting:
Tools > Group Policy Management > Right-click the OU > Blck Inheritance

  • Some versions of Windows may not give any visual clues that an OU is set as non-inheriting, so it is recommended to change the name as such
    • Example: This User (non-inheriting)
  • However, my AWS version shows an icon with a blue ! to show it is non-inheriting, so this technique is not required.

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