
These filters can dynamically apply GPOs based on a host of factors. If you are applying a GPO to a user/security group of users, ensure that domain computers or authenticated users have the ability to read the GPO. Beginning in July of 2016, Microsoft fixed a security issue related to Group Policy processing. In the picture below, you can see a GPO that is scoped to authenticated users. By default, a GPO is filtered to authenticated users. Make sure that the computers or users needing the policy are in a group that is specified here. Remember that domain users includes all users, domain computers includes all computer, and authenticated users includes all users and computers. You can use this PowerShell script to optimize your GPO links and ensure that they are properly linked. Remember, GPOs cannot be linked to an OU that just contains security groups.

There are certain cases where you can do some crazy linking. If the GPO configures a user side setting, it needs to be linked to the OU containing the correct user. If you are configuring a computer side setting, make sure the GPO is linked to the Organization Unit (OU) that contains the computer. The first place to check is the Scope Tab on the Group Policy Object (GPO). The most common issue with Group Policy is a setting not being applied. Group Policy Not Being Applied? Start with the Scope Be sure to check out the other articles in this series for more in-depth Group Policy troubleshooting. Let’s look at the top ten issues that can stop Group Policy from being applied. Microsoft has provided great guidelines and tools in order to troubleshoot. But when Group Policy is not being applied, we can fix it!

From deploying software to setting the default printer, it works. It allows for the configuration and deployment of pretty much anything in your Active Directory environment.

Microsoft has made constant improvements to it since Windows 2000. Group Policy is a solid tool and is very stable. Troubleshooting Slow Startup or Login Times Caused by Group Policy.

