Applying security filters
Group Policy can be linked to OUs but, despite its name, not to groups. However, this recipe shows how a security filter can be applied so that the GPO link only applies to members of a specific group.
Getting ready
To apply security filters on a GPO, sign in to a system with the Group Policy Management feature installed with an account that is either of the following:
- A member of the Domain Admins group
- The current owner of the GPO
- Delegated the Edit settings or Edit settings, delete, modify security permission on the GPO
How to do it...
Perform the following steps:
- Press Start.
- Search for Group Policy Management and click its search result, or run
gpmc.msc
. The Group Policy Management window appears. - In the left navigation pane, expand the Forest node.
- Expand the Domains node, and then navigate to the domain where you want to apply security filters to the GPO.
- Expand the domain name and then expand...