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GPOADmin 5.18 - User Guide

Introducing Quest GPOADmin Configuring GPOADmin Using GPOADmin
Connecting to the Version Control system Navigating the GPOADmin console Search folders Accessing the GPMC extension Configuring user preferences Working with 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 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 Working with available objects Working with checked out objects Working with objects pending approval and deployment
Checking compliance Editing objects Synchronizing GPOs Exporting and importing
Creating Reports Appendix: Windows PowerShell Commands Appendix: GPOADmin Event Log Appendix: GPOADmin Backup and Recovery Procedures Appendix: Customizing your workflow Appendix: GPOADmin Silent Installation Commands Appendix: Configuring Gmail for Notifications Appendix: Registering GPOADmin for Office 365 Exchange Online Appendix: GPOADmin with SQL Replication About Us

Loading the GPOADmin modules

Rather than having to remember the module names each time you want to run a command, you can use the following simplify the process.

To load the GPOADmin module
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On the system where GPOADmin is installed, open PowerShell.
2
To ensure the PowerShell scripts can be run, set the registry value using the following command:
Set-Executionpolicy RemoteSigned
3
Next create a PowerShell profile file, with the following command:
New-Item -path $profile -type file –force
4
Now you are going to put something into the profile file. Enter:

notepad $profile
This opens the profile file in Notepad so you can enter the following commands:
import-module ‘C:\Program Files\Quest\GPOADmin\GPOADmin.psd1’
CD VCRoot:
get-command -module GPOADmin
The first line adds the module, the second changes to the Version Control Root drive used by GPOADmin, and the last one give you a list of all available GPOADmin commands.
5
Save the profile by selecting to save and exit Notepad.
6
Exit or close PowerShell, then open it again.
The profile loads and displays a list of commands.

Extracting help for GPOADmin commands

The following code first gets all the GPOADmin commands, then creates an output file. The Get-Help command is run for each command with the –Full parameter set to return all help information. Finally, the help is written into the file along with a line used to separate the help for each command. This process continues until all the help is read for the commands.

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NOTE: You can run this in a script or in the PowerShell window.
To extract the help for the GPOADmin commands
1
On the system where GPOADmin is installed, open a PowerShell window.
2
Copy the following code and paste it into Notepad to remove any hidden characters.
Ensure that you copy everything from the $ (dollar sign) to the last } (closing bracket).
$x = get-command -Module GPOADmin
$file = "c:\PowerShell-Help-GPOADmin.txt"
foreach ($y in $x)
{
$y.Name.ToUpperInvariant() >> $file
"" >> $file
get-help -Full $y.Name >> $file
"" >> $file
 
"************************************************************************************************" >> $file
"" >> $file
}
3
Copy the code from Notepad and paste it into the PowerShell command line, and press Enter.
If you see >>, press Enter again.

Managing objects

The examples in this section include GPOADmin commands used for the day-to-day operations required to manage objects.

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

 

Get information on all GPOs

This command returns list of GPOs for the specified domain. It includes data for any and all GPOs such as whether it is registered, its name, and other data. The main use of this command to populate an array so that the data can be redirected to another command or used in some other way.

Syntax

Get-GPOs [[-Domain] <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>]

Examples

Get-GPOs

Returns information about GPOs in the current domain.

Get-GPOs -Domain AMER.sitraka.com

Returns information about GPOs in the domain specified.

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