Windows Active Directory GPO Management using PowerShell.
Summary: Instructions below give examples of PowerShell commands available to gather a list of GPOs found in a specific Windows Active Directory Domain. TSDOMAIN.Local is an example in commands below and should be replaced with the domain name where we are gathering the GPO information. ...
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Instructions
Steps below use Windows PowerShell to manage Active Directory Windows Group Policy Objects.
- Command example below returns all GPOs found in the specified Domain:
Get-GPO -All -Domain “TSDOMAIN.local”
- Get-GPO can be used to return general information for a specific GPO. Example below will return general information for the “Team_WP” GPO:
Get-GPO -Name Team_WP
- GPO information can be returned by querying the GPO’s GUID ID; command below is an example:
Get-GPO -Guid cb6fe78f-8b4f-4a77-9320-6a087a9d2bcc -Domain “TSDOMAIN.local”
- Get-GPOReport command below will return a comprehensive report for all domain GPOs found, compiling the information in HTML format for review.
Get-GPOReport -All -Domain “TSDOMAIN.Local” -ReportType HTML -Path “C:\GPOReports\GPOReportsAll.html”
- After running Get-GPOReport an HTML file is created at the file path designated in command above.
- The file when opened will come up as a browser page with extensive detail about all Domain GPOs found.
Additional Information
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Affected Products
Software, Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008
, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2012 Server, Microsoft Windows 2012 Server R2, Prosupport for Microsoft Software
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 EssentialsArticle Properties
Article Number: 000200551
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2023
Version: 6
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