Delegating Access to the Production Environment

In Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), you can change access to Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in the production environment of the domain, replacing any existing permissions on those GPOs. You can configure permissions at the domain level to either allow or prevent users from editing, deleting, or modifying the security of GPOs in the production environment when they are not using the Change Control folder in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

Note  

  • Changing how access to the production environment is delegated does not affect users' ability to link GPOs.

  • When GPOs are controlled or deployed, access for any other accounts except those with Read and Apply permissions is removed.

 

A user account that has either the role of AGPM Administrator (Full Control) or the necessary permissions in Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) is required to complete this procedure. Review the details in "Additional considerations" in this topic.

To change access to GPOs in the production environment of the domain

  1. In the Group Policy Management Console tree, click Change Control in the forest and domain in which you want to manage GPOs.

  2. Click the Production Delegation tab.

  3. To add permissions for a user or group that does not have access to the production environment, or to replace the permissions for a user or group that does have access:

    1. Click Add, select a user or group, and then click OK.

    2. Select permissions to delegate to that user or group for the production environment, and then click OK.

  4. To remove all permissions to the production environment for a user or group, select the user or group, click Remove, and then click OK.

Additional considerations

  • By default, you must be an AGPM Administrator (Full Control) to perform this procedure. Specifically, you must have Modify Security permission for the domain.

  • Permissions for the AGPM Service Account cannot be changed on the Production Delegation tab.

  • By default, the following accounts have permissions for GPOs in the production environment:

    Account Default Permissions for GPOs

    <AGPM Service Account>

    Edit Settings, Delete, Modify Security

    Authenticated Users

    Read, Apply

    Domain Admins

    Edit Settings, Delete, Modify Security

    Enterprise Admins

    Edit Settings, Delete, Modify Security

    Enterprise Domain Controllers

    Read

    System

    Edit Settings, Delete, Modify Security

     

  • Membership in the Group Policy Creator Owners group should be restricted, so it is not used to circumvent AGPM management of access to GPOs. (In the Group Policy Management Console, click Group Policy Objects in the forest and domain in which you want to manage GPOs, click Delegation, and then configure the settings to meet the needs of your organization.)

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