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Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) |
This page describes issues related to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).
Platforms:
- GPMC can be used to manage Group Policy clients in Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domains
- GPMC can be installed on Windows XP SP1 (or later) or Windows Server 2003
Using GPMC and GPEdit
GPMC does not replace GPEdit - it is completely complementary. Think of GPEdit as the principal tool to manage the CONTENTS of a single GPO and GPMC as the principal tool to manage the collection of GPOs (how they are scoped, copied, backed up, etc). After selecting a GPO in GPMC, the Edit option simply launches GPEdit.
The GPMC Object Model
GPMC exposes a rich object model supporting the management of GPOs - copying, linking, moving, etc (note that this API does not providing programmatic access to policy settings WITHIN GPOs). In fact, what is often perceived to be GPMC itself (the MMC snap-in) is, in fact, fully built on this object model. The GPMC Object Model describes the objects and methods exposed.
The GPMC User Interface
GPMC presents a unified user interface for management of GPOs, including across domain and forest boundaries. Here are some important features of the user interface:
Icons: For a reference of the icons used in the GPMC tree view (for example, the yellow exclamation point) see GPMC help under Group Policy Management\Concepts\Group Policy Management Console icons reference
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Comments:
From RyanG - 3/22/05 5:56 PM
Last Modified 8/5/05 1:25 PM
May I suggest...
"The GPMC addresses many of the complaints of users of GPEdit.
- The GPMC summarises a whole GPO (not just Administrative Templates '...configured policy settings'.
- GPOs can be backed up and restored.
- GPOs can be duplicated by importing settings from one GPO's backup into a blank GPO.
- Links and Security Filtering can be checked at a glance
However, GPEdit is still the tool that is launched when a GPO is Edited.""The GPMC User Interface
The GPMC User Interface will be familar to users of the ADUC with a navigation bar on the left that is dominated by Organisational Units. The right hand side is a context sensitive window that, in the case of OUs, contain three tabs for Linked Group Policy Objects (determining precedence), Group Policy Inheritance (list all GPOs that potentially apply and in what order).
GPOs are listed and maintained in a special folder called Group Policy Objects to be found below the last OU. Selecting a GPO changes the right hand side window to display four tabs for Scope (Links & Filtering), Details (GUID and versioning), Settings (summary) and Delegation (permissions)."
I would write something about Group Policy Modeling (GPM) and Group Policy Results but GPM is like the Licensing Service - it tells lies.