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GPOADmin 5.18 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Introducing Quest GPOADmin

GPOADmin features

Client/server architecture Multiforest support Group Policy Management Console extension Version control Change approval process Role-based delegation Notification system GPO ACL editor Reporting options Customized views Offline GPO testing Custom workflow actions

Configuring GPOADmin

Configuring the Version Control server Setting permissions on AD LDS Setting permissions when using SQL as the configuration store Port requirements Editing the Version Control server properties Editing the Version Control server configuration store Replacing the Version Control server configuration settings Migrating from AD/AD LDS to a SQL configuration store Changing the Service Account Root container assignment Restricting GPO management for specific domains Configuring role-based delegation

Creating roles Editing roles Delegating roles

Restricting access to objects Adding notifications for users Selecting events on which to be notified Restricting inheritance on notifications Creating email templates Working with Protected Settings policies

Rights and role for Protected Settings for GPOs Create a Protected Settings policy Protecting policy settings based on extensions Generating Protected Settings policies reports Using Protected Settings policies Checking a GPO against a Protected Settings policies and blocked extensions Validating a GPO against a Protected Settings policies and blocked extensions before a check-in

Connecting to the Version Control system

Restricting search scope Working with multiple connections Version Control data in the directory

Navigating the GPOADmin console Search folders

Creating custom search folders

Accessing the GPMC extension Configuring user preferences Working with the live environment

Registering objects Registered status Removing registered objects Viewing the live environment

Working with controlled objects (version control root)

Creating a custom container hierarchy Selecting security, levels of approval, and notification options Viewing the differences between objects Copying/pasting objects Proposing the creation of controlled objects

Creating Group Policy Objects (GPOs) Creating starter GPOs Creating WMI filters Creating scripts Creating Desired State Configuration (DSC) PowerShell scripts

Merging GPOs Restoring an object to a previous version Restoring links to a previous version Managing your links with search and replace Linking GPOs to multiple Scopes of Management Managing compliance issues automatically with remediation rules Validating GPOs Managing GPO revisions with lineage Setting the change window for specific actions Working with registered objects

Creating labels Cloaking a GPO Locking a GPO Establishing Management for an Object Viewing history Deleting version history Clearing account names in version history Viewing and editing object properties Applying keywords on containers Creating a report

Working with available objects

Enabling/disabling workflow Checking out objects Requesting the deletion of an object Unregistering GPOs and removing history Requesting approval

Working with checked out objects

Undoing a check out Checking in controlled objects

Working with objects pending approval and deployment

Withdrawing an approval request Enhanced workflow approval Changing the approval workflow Withdrawing approval Approving and rejecting edits Deploying objects (scheduling and associated items)

Checking compliance Editing objects

Removing persistent registry settings

Editing Intune objects (configuration profiles and compliance policies) Editing WMI filters Editing scripts Linking GPOs

Synchronizing GPOs

Enabling synchronization Working with GPO synchronizations Generating Synchronized GPO report

Exporting and importing

Export objects Exporting GPO registry settings as a Desired State Configuration resource file Import objects

Creating Reports

Available reports

Controlled object reports

Settings Report Difference Report Group Policy Comparison Report History Report Group Policy Object Settings Search Report User Activity Report Role Assignment Report All Actions Report Compliance Report Change Auditor Report Change Auditor Working Copies Report Deployment Report Protected Settings Assignment Report Attestation Report Creating Controlled Object Reports

Diagnostic and troubleshooting reports

Group Policy Object Consistency Report Software Installation Package Report Linked/Unlinked Report Linked/Unlinked SOMs Report Inactive Policy Settings Report Group Policy Object Security Report Group Policy Permission Check Report Group Policy Size Validation Report Policy Analysis Report GPO Synchronization Report Group Policy Results Group Policy Results Difference Report Group Policy Modeling Report Creating Diagnostic and Troubleshooting Reports

Live, working copy, latest version, and differences reports

Creating live, working copy, latest version, and differences reports

Historical Settings Reports

Creating historical settings reports

Creating RSoP validation reports Exporting registry settings Working with report folders

Managing report folders

Appendix: Windows PowerShell Commands

Introduction GPOADmin scripts Available commands

GPOADmin PowerShell provider extensions

Using the GPOADmin PowerShell commands (Examples)

Loading the GPOADmin modules Extracting help for GPOADmin commands Managing objects

Get information on all GPOs Get information for all managed objects Get unregistered objects Register an object Check out an object Check in an object Undo the check out of an object Request approval for changes Withdraw an approval request Approve changes Reject changes Withdraw approval on an object Deploy an object Deploy an object at a future time and date Check for pending deployments Cancel pending deployment

Gathering object and GPOADmin information

Identify which objects are checked out Identify which objects are checked out to me What are the properties of an object What objects are available What objects are checked out

Utility commands

Gather GPOADmin license information Install a GPOADmin license Get logging options Set logging options Get notifications Set notifications on objects

Administrative commands

Approval workflow information Set the approval workflow Identify user accounts Identify user roles Modify a role Add a role Get an object's security Set an object's security Overwrite a GPOs security filter

Protected Settings commands

Gather Protected Settings information Enable and disable Protected Settings Get a list of Protected Settings Add Protected Settings

Appendix: GPOADmin Event Log

What is the GPOADmin event log? Interpreting the GPOADmin event log

Example GPOADmin events

Appendix: GPOADmin Backup and Recovery Procedures

GPOADmin Backup Requirements Restoring GPOADmin

Appendix: Customizing your workflow

What is a custom workflow action? Working with custom workflow actions in the Version Control system Working with the custom workflow actions xml file

Actions Predefined Tags Conditions Example of a complete pre-action

Troubleshooting custom workflow actions

Appendix: GPOADmin Silent Installation Commands

Installing GPOADmin with msiexec.exe

All components (Complete GPOADmin installation) Client and components

Server and client Client only Client and PowerShell provider (Client Only button on Installation dialog) PowerShell provider only

Watcher Service

Watcher Service on localhost Watcher Service on another computer Watcher Service and GPMC Extension on another computer Watcher Service and Client only on another computer Watcher Service, Client, and GPMC Extension on another computer

GPMC Extension on a localhost GPMC Extension on another computer

Appendix: Configuring Gmail for Notifications

Using Gmail for Workflow Approvals Creating a Gmail Credentials File

Appendix: Registering GPOADmin for Office 365 Exchange Online Appendix: GPOADmin with SQL Replication About Us

Policy Analysis Report

This report displays the registry settings for GPOs within a selected Scope of Management. You can use this report to help to manage your deployment by comparing GPOs to identify information such as duplicate settings, inconsistencies, or how many times a value has been changed.

You can select to export the entire report results as a .CSV file or select to only export only the settings that are different for the GPOs for the specified Scope of Management.

You can run the report by either:

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Right-clicking a registered Scope of Management and selecting Reports | Policy Analysis.

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Right-clicking an unregistered Scope of Management and selecting Policy Analysis.

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Using the Report Wizard.

The report details include:

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The registry key, the key name, and the value. (Hovering your mouse over any bold names or the information icon provides additional registry information.)

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The GPO name. (Hovering your mouse over the GPO name, displays the distinguished name for the SOM the policy is linked to.)

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A gray background signifies that the setting is not set in the GPO.

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A white background signifies that the setting is set in the GPO.

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A yellow background signifies that the setting has changed in the GPO.

NOTE:

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To run the report on the live environment, you must have the domain Read and domain Reports.

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To run the report by right-clicking an SOM, you must have the Run Contextual Report.

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To run the report from the report wizard, you must have the Run Reports, domain Read, and domain Reports.

GPOAnalyzer Utility

The Policy Analysis report does not check the security or validate the WMI filters. To analyze whether users have access to a GPO and how WMI filtering has been set to apply group policy objects, we have provided the GPOADmin.GPOAnalyzer.exe command-line utility.

To run the utility, start a command prompt and specify GPOADmin.GPOAnalyzer.exe with the appropriate parameters.

Table 17. Available parameters
Parameter	Required or optional	Description
/Domain	Required	Scope of Management fully qualified domain name.
/SOMDN	Required	Scope of Management distinguished name.
/Output	Required	File name for the saved report.
/x	Optional	Force the output to be in XML. (The default is HTML)
/DC	Optional	Domain controller to communicate with. (The default is the PDCe)
/S	Optional	Process security filters. This checks to see if the current user can access the GPO. (The default is set to not check security.)
/F	Optional	Validate GPO WMI filters. (The default is set to not check WMI filters to see determine if a GPO should be processed.)
/L	Optional	Use the locally stored GPO definition. (The default is to use the central store, if configured. If not, the local policy definition will be used.)
/V	Optional	Log progress to the screen.
/U	Optional	Process only the user configuration. (The default is user and computer.)
/C	Optional	Process only the computer configuration. (The default is user and computer.)

GPO Synchronization Report

This report details the GPO synchronizations that have been performed in your environment.

Group Policy Results

This report shows the resultant set of policies (RSoP) for a given user or computer, or both.

Group Policy Results Difference Report

This report displays the resultant set of policies (RSoP) differences between the selected users or computers. The Group Policy Results Difference Report does not include the Remote Installation extension in the report settings.

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