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GPOADmin 5.21 - 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 Microsoft 365 Exchange Online Appendix: GPOADmin with SQL Replication About Us

Restricting search scope

If required, you can restrict which global catalogs are used within the forest to search for the GPOADmin server during connection.

To restrict the search scope:
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Create a file called PreferredGCs.txt.
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List the fully qualified domain name of each Global Catalog server to include in the search on their own row in the file.
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Save the file to the installation directory.

When you connect to GPOADmin, only the global catalog servers listed in the file will be searched as possible connection points. If this file is not included, GPOADmin will search all global catalog servers in the forest.

Working with multiple connections

If you have multiple connections, consider the following:

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Each connection display its own Lost and Found, Report, and Search Folder containers.
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When connecting to GPOADmin, the User Preferences menu option is disabled if you are not logged on to the client host computer. (This is because this option is stored in the registry of the connected user.)
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When connecting to GPOADmin, you are prompted to select a report location when first accessing the Reports container if you are not logged on to the client host computer. (This is because the users report folder is stored in the profile of the connected user.)
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If you connect to GPOADmin and have been assigned multiple root containers through group membership, you may have access to the same folders through each root container.
For example, you have a container called PARENT which has a child container called CHILD and you are a member of Group A and Group B. Group A is assigned PARENT as their root container; Group B is assigned CHILD as their root container. When you log into GPOADmin you will see both PARENT and CHILD as root containers instead of the Version Control Root container, allowing for two ways to access the CHILD container.

Version Control data in the directory

GPOADmin does not delete the information stored in the directory when it is uninstalled. The Version Control information may be deleted manually if it is no longer required.

GPOADmin uses "working copies" of objects for editing purposes. If the Version Control information is deleted from the server, while objects are still pending creation or in a minor version, these working copies may be seen as "Unregistered" if a new instance of the version control information is instantiated.

 

Navigating the GPOADmin console

The GPOADmin console consists of a window divided into two panes.

The left pane displays a hierarchical structure of the live enterprise objects and the Version Control systems that are available to you.

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Version Control Root enables administrators to organize many objects logically based on their enterprise structure.
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Lost and Found contains any deleted containers and the associated version controlled items and sub-containers.
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Reports which mirror the contents of My GPOADmin Reports folder in the Documents folder.
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Search Folders which allow you to view the status of objects within the Version Control system.
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Protected Settings Root is available to store and manage the Protected Settings policies deployed within your environment (if this option is enabled, see Working with Protected Settings policies ).

The right pane displays the details that pertain to the selected item in the console tree. For version controlled objects this includes:

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name
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type
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version
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status
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pending action
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compliance status
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whether workflow is enabled
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deployment time
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managed by (who is responsible for it)
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the user who has it checked out
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the domain where it is applied
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when it was modified
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when it was last deployed
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associated keywords
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