GPOADmin 5.17 - Release Notes

Known issues


	NOTE: Defects with leading zeros (0) are from the Clarify system.

The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.

Table 2. Installation and upgrade
Known issue	Issue ID
Existing custom search folders will not function after an upgrade. NOTE: This is not an issue for an update from 5.16.	254617
Index out of range exception is generated in the even log for the Watcher Service after upgrading. This will be resolved once the database is upgraded.	217430

Table 3. Cross-forest support
Known issue	Issue ID
If you create a SOM backup in one forest and import it to another, the links will appear as deleted GPOs if those GPOs cannot be accessed from the second forest.	0228454

Table 4. Version Control system
Known issue	Issue ID
Validation of the Service Connection Point for the GPOADmin service account does not function for Group Managed Service Accounts.	380823
Export As Desired State Configuration requires users to have the Write permission on the Desired State Configuration Root directory.	377548
Compliance checks on a configuration profile which has had an assignment deleted from it in Azure do not show noncompliant differences in the Difference report.	286622
The Applications Preference extension is not supported during Group Policy Object merging.	265012
When synchronizing GPOs with the Use Migration Table Exclusively and Migrate Security Filter options set, GPOADmin may shutdown unexpectedly if an error occurs and the message exceeds 1024 characters.	244657
After migrating the configuration store from Active Directory to SQL, backups are not removed when pressing the Apply Settings button on the Backup Retention page of the Service Options.	225272
Running GPOADmin.ConfigMig.exe does not migrate all service options as expected.	225003
The context menu on the Linked Group Policy Objects page of the Group Policy Modeling Wizard results in the wizard loosing focus when launched via Citrix XenDesktop.	611801
Backups will not be removed for unregistered objects when running the Remove-Backups PowerShell command.	591669
Rolling back a moved OU does not move the OU back to it original location.	458939
Using SQL as a backup store will not allow you to export historical versions of GPOs as Protected Settings Policies.	370605
When adding or removing account from the Access tab in the GPOADmin Properties, the display may not function properly and hide accounts.	445238
Each time that you change the Enable workflow approval through email option, you must restart the service for the change to take effect.	360005
Compliance actions may result in an unhandled exception in the GPMC Extension. Workaround: To avoid this issue, you can either perform the compliance actions in the client or by running the Check compliance wizard.	322839
If users do not have the User role assigned on the Version Control root, they may not have the required rights to successfully run the User Activity report.	238909
If an object is renamed or deleted within Active Directory, the Approvals tab does not reflect the change.	246579
Some GPO settings are not backwards compatible between operating systems.	122825
When you edit GPOs, you are notified of persistent registry values through a flashing icon on the Registry Cleanup button in the GPO Editor. For this notification to display, you must first close and then open the GPO Settings property page by selecting the Edit menu.	240689
The Watcher Service needs to be restarted after changing Configuration Stores.	65408
Deploying a GPO containing existing Software Installation packages may cause each of those packages to be reinstalled on target workstations.	0222515
When checking for compliance, GPOADmin will not perform a backup if the unauthorized changes result in an object in the same state as the currently stored version.	106505
After changing storage locations, the individual version information is not transferred from the old storage location to the new. You must keep the old storage server online if you want to still access those individual versions.	0229309
When using the SeizeVCRole.exe utility, if a port is specified with the new server name, the utility assumes that the new server is an AD LDS instance. When using an Active Directory Version Control server, the default port of 389 does not need to be specified.	0229311
When you are editing a GPO with both the GPOADmin console and the GPMC Extension open, closing the Group Policy Object Editor may not return you to the expected interface.	91914

Table 5. Reports
Known issue	Issue ID
Hide and show link is not functioning properly on the Group Policy Modeling report.	281016
For GPO difference reports to run properly when they contain Authentication Services settings, Quest Authentication Services must be installed on the GPOADmin client and the GPOADmin server.	284883
In the Difference Report, filters are not supported for GPO Preference settings.	151065
The MMC snap-in may become unresponsive when running the Group Policy Object Consistency Report with 5000 or more GPOs.	108930
In the Group Policy Settings and Resultant Set of Policies reports, some dates (for example, Created, Modified and Applied date) will display with the time zone of the GPOADmin Server.	102486
Pre-existing GPO settings are being displayed in the Change Auditor Working Copies report.	194922
When viewing Preference settings in the Difference Report, the values displayed for text entries may have a capital letter when the actual value is a lower-case letter. This may cause some date settings to be incorrect.	150634

Table 6. User Account Control
Known issue	Issue ID
When installing the GPOADmin service on a system with User Account Control turned on, the installer must be launched using elevated privileges. To do this, run the 'Quest GPOADmin.msi' file from an elevated command prompt.	41286

Table 7. Third Party
Known issue	Issue ID
Information about new Group Policy preferences in Windows Server 2008.	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943729
"Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message when you view the GPO backup settings in the Group Policy Management Console.	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2379592

System requirements

Before installing GPOADmin 5.17, ensure that your system meets the following hardware and software requirements.

Table 8. Hardware requirements
Requirement	Details
Processor	2Ghz CPU
Memory	8Gb RAM
Hard disk space	1 Gb (prefer 50Gb if backups and reports stored on the same drive) hard disk space
Operating systems	Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022