GPOADmin - Reporting (4377899)

Matthew, a strategic systems consultant at Quest, discusses reporting within GPOADmin, a governance product for managing group policy. GPOADmin enhances group policy administration by providing detailed reports and insights. Reports can be accessed contextually or through a dedicated reports node, where users can create and organize reports. There are two main categories of reports: control object reports, which focus on GPOADmin-specific elements, and diagnostic/troubleshooting reports, which cover broader group policy issues. Matthew highlights the importance of administrative privileges for certain reports, such as group policy results and modeling reports. He explains how to run a Group Policy Comparison report, which allows users to compare multiple group policies across different environments. Additionally, he mentions the Group Policy Objects Setting Search report, which enables full-text searches within group policy objects.  While reports are powerful tools, Vinton notes that GPOADmin currently lacks the ability to schedule and email reports automatically, although this feature is in development. Overall, he emphasizes the utility of GPOAdmin reporting for effective group policy management.