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GPOADmin 5.17 - 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 when users can modify objects 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

Removing registered objects

If you no longer want the object to be available for changes, you can remove it from the Version Control system, as long as you have been granted the Unregister right. Unregistering version-controlled objects is now recursive, unless you select the lower-level objects individually.

To remove objects from the Version Control system using the GPOADmin console
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Expand the Version Control Root node and the required container.
2
Right-click the object and select Unregister.
To remove GPOs from the Version Control system using the GPMC Extension

Unregistering GPOs using the GPMC Extension is not recursive. If you want to unregister all child objects, use the GPOADmin console.

1
Select the Group Policy Objects node and then select the GPO.
2
Click Register or right click and select Unregister.
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NOTE: You can view a list of Unregistered objects in the Search Folders in the GPOADmin console. This includes GPOs, scripts, DSC scripts, WMI filters, and SOMs.

Viewing the live environment

As the administrator, you may want to allow users to see the live environment from within the GPOADmin console. This will, for example, enable you to delegate GPO, OU, or SOM object registration (and recursive registration) to specific users in your organization.

However, you may not want all domains within the live environment to be displayed to all users. Through the live environment properties you can also restrict which domains will display, be included in reports, and be available within the object creation wizard.

To permit a user to see the live environment
1
Login to GPOADmin as a GPOADmin administrator.
2
Right-click the Live Environment node and select Properties.
3
On the Security tab, add one or more user who require access to the live environment.
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Click OK.
To exclude specific domains from being displayed in the live environment
1
Login to GPOADmin as a GPOADmin administrator.
2
Right-click the Live Environment node and select Properties.
3
On the Domains tab, select the domains to exclude and click OK.

Working with controlled objects (version control root)

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Creating a custom container hierarchy
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Selecting security, levels of approval, and notification options
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Viewing the differences between objects
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Copying/pasting objects
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Proposing the creation of controlled objects
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Merging GPOs
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Restoring an object to a previous version
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Restoring links to a previous version
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Managing your links with search and replace
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Managing compliance issues automatically with remediation rules
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Validating GPOs
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Working with registered objects
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Working with available objects
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Working with checked out objects
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Working with objects pending approval and deployment

Creating a custom container hierarchy

You can organize registered objects into a user-defined hierarchy under the Version Control Root container.

Each container has its own “security descriptor” in which trustees can be delegated roles to define their access to the contained objects. For more information see Configuring role-based delegation .

Once you have the containers created, you can easily move and copy objects to other containers within the same domain.

To create a new container
1
Expand the treeview and select the Version Control Root or subcontainer.
2
Right-click and select New | Container.
3
Enter the container name and click OK.
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NOTE: If you are working in the GPMC Extension, you can only create a container when you are registering an object (for more information see Registering objects ). You cannot delete or label containers in the GPMC Extension.
To delete a container
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NOTE: You must use the GPOADmin console to delete a container.
1
Expand the treeview and locate the container under the Version Control Root node.
2
Right-click the container and select Delete.
When you delete a container any associated version controlled items and sub-containers will be stored in the Lost and Found container.
To label a container
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NOTE: You must use the GPOADmin console to label a container.
1
Expand the treeview and locate the container under the Version Control Root node.
2
Right-click, and select Label.
3
Enter the label for the container, and click OK.
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