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Apply Group Policy to Security Groups

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As I work in Managed Services on a global scale we have the requirement from our Clients frequently to apply individual GPO to machines in the form of Highly Managed, Lightly Managed and Un-Managed.

 

This guide WILL give you a basic run down of how to apply this filtering.

This guide will NOT provide GPO Settings, i may if i get time put together a cleaned up guide for this based loosely on our Templates.

 

This guide assumes that you have first setup Windows Server 2008 and configured it for Active Directory.

 

In a production environment please consult Technet for best practise, see below links:

 

Design Active Directory:

Document - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727085.aspx

WebCast - http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032317872&CountryCode=US

 

Implement Active Directory: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778219(WS.10).aspx

 

Assigning Rights on OU Objects: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786285(WS.10).aspx

 

 

Best Practices Analyzer for Active Directory Directory Services (BPA AD DS): https://connect.microsoft.com/ADBPA?wa=wsignin1.0

 

 

 

Create your Security Groups.

 

Open Active Directory Users and Computers:

gpo-001.jpg

 

 

Create your GPO Security Groups, (Highly, Lightly and Un-Matched is our standard)

e.g. <sitecode>-GPO-Highly-Managed, Global Group, Security Group

 

gpo-002.jpg

Example output:-

 

 

Create your Group Policy Objects

Open GPEdit.msc

 

Navigate to “Group Policy Objects”

Right-Click – Select “New”

– Create your GPO’s to suit the above created Groups.

<sitecode>-GPO-Highly-Managed

<sitecode>-GPO-Lightly-Managed

<sitecode>-GPO-Un-Managed

 

Build your GPO to your required levels

 

Applying Group Policy to the Security Groups

Navigate down your OU Structure to where you wish to apply your Group Policies:

 

gpo-003.jpg

Example: REGIONS\APAC\<country>\<sitecode>\Workstations\

 

Right Click the OU you want to apply GP too (Workstations) , select “Link an Existing GPO…”

Select your Group Policy Object to link and Click OK

 

Select the GPO you have just linked:

gpo-004.jpg

Select Authenticated Users and Click Remove.

 

Click Add and Type in the Security Group name specific to this GPO

gpo-005.jpg

Example: <sitecode>-GPO-Highly-Managed

 

 

 

Complete for the remaining GPO’s you wish to use

 

 

Let me know if i missed anything or any recommended changes :-)

Edited by jamitupya

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