We saw user, computer, and group object management in the previous chapters. This chapter will take you through Group Policy Objects (GPO) management in Active Directory. Group Policies are widely used in the Windows environment for several purposes. Several user and computer settings can be managed and controlled in the Windows domain environment using PowerShell.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
Installing Group Policies
Querying Group Polices
Creating and linking Group Policies
Working with Group Policy permissions
Generating Resultant Set Of Policies
Removing Group Policy links and objects
We will explore various Group Policy operations such as creation, modification, linking, enforcing, and searching for GPOs using PowerShell. Group Policies in the Microsoft environment can be easily managed using Group Policy PowerShell module. This module is available by default when a Windows Server 2008 R2 or later operating system is promoted to...