GPOADmin 5.21 - Release Notes

Known issues

NOTE:

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

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Known Issue IDs associated with legacy systems that are no longer in use are marked as N/A.

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
Unable to register Intune objects after switching from a GPOADmin Express edition license to a standard license. Workaround: To register Intune objects after upgrading to a standard license, edit the Domain rights on the Intune Tenant node and check the 'Register' right.	566100
Change Auditor integration is lost during upgrade in Active Directory and AD LDS configuration stores. Workaround: To resolve this issue, reset the Change Auditor integration in the Service options.	496278
Index out of range exception is generated in the event 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
Locked GPOs can be selected as synchronization targets.	562941
Unable to export the live version of a GPO as a DSC script. Workaround: Export the last major historical version.	563250
Unable to register the resulting DSC script using the wizard when exporting a GPO as a DSC resource script. Workaround: Export the GPO as a DSC resource first, then register from the live environment.	563251
Rollback compliance action of Intune Assignments changes the original ordering resulting in the Intune object being reported as non-compliant.	562075
GPOADmin help Table of Contents is not available in MMC on Windows Server 2019.	499296
GPOADmin does not support Certificate references for Intune Configuration profiles.	498612
GPOADmin does not support iOS/iPadOS Security Assessment (Education) template from Intune Configuration profiles.	497162
Over time when using GPOADmin, the number of available detailed views (right pane views) in MMC will be exceeded causing a UI error. To mitigate this, expand views using the chevron icon rather than clicking on the node name.	482110
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
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
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.	N/A
Backups will not be removed for unregistered objects when running the Remove-Backups PowerShell command.	N/A
Rolling back a moved OU does not move the OU back to it original location.	N/A
Each time that you change the Enable workflow approval through email option, you must restart the service for the change to take effect.	N/A
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.	N/A
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.	N/A
If an object is renamed or deleted within Active Directory, the Approvals tab does not reflect the change.	N/A
Some GPO settings are not backwards compatible between operating systems.	N/A
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.	N/A
The Watcher Service needs to be restarted after changing Configuration Stores.	N/A
Deploying a GPO containing existing Software Installation packages may cause each of those packages to be reinstalled on target workstations.	N/A
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.	N/A
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.	N/A
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.	N/A
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.	N/A

Table 5. Reports
Known issue	Issue ID
Global Configuration Settings sub-headers do not display correctly in the Difference report.	445715
The Change Auditor Working Copies report displays a non-functional "placeholder" link instead of the "Show/Hide" link that is used to expand and collapse the report details.	428685
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.	N/A
In the Difference Report, filters are not supported for GPO Preference settings.	N/A
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.	N/A
Pre-existing GPO settings are being displayed in the Change Auditor Working Copies report.	N/A
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.	N/A

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.	N/A

Table 7. Third Party
Known issue	Issue ID
"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 5.21, 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 10 Windows 11 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2025