Linking GPOs and Using Group Policy Modeling to View the Results

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Now that you have created your GPOs, you can use GPMC to link them to your OUs and simulate the results.

  1. From within GPMC, expand and right-click the Bookkeeping OU.

  2. Click Link an Existing GPO. Select the GPO named All Users, and click OK.

    In the left pane, the All Users GPO is displayed beneath Bookkeeping.

    Tip

    • You can simultaneously link multiple GPOs to an object by holding down the CTRL key while selecting GPOs.

To use Group Policy Modeling to simulate the application of GPOs

  1. To simulate the results, right-click Group Policy Modeling, and click Group Policy Modeling Wizard.

  2. On the User and Computer Selection page, click the User option button, and click Browse.

  3. Expand adatum, click Bookkeeping, and click OK. Click Advanced, and click OK to select all users in this group.

  4. Select Skip to the final page of this wizard without collecting additional data, and click Next.

    The Summary of Selections page displays the criteria that the wizard will use to process the simulation.

  5. Click Next, and then click Finish.

    The Group Policy modeling for adatum.com/Bookkeeping displays on the right side of the screen.

  6. To view all settings, click show all.

    As you scroll down the page, you will see that the All Users GPO has been applied to the Bookkeeping OU.

    Continue to link GPOs as specified in Table 9.3.

    Table 9.3   Group Policy Objects Linked to OUs

    OU Linked GPOs

    Bookkeeping

    All Users

    IT

    All Users, Enhance RUP, Mobile Users, Admin Tools

    Sales

    All Users, Enhance RUP, Mobile Users

  7. When you have finished, the linked GPOs displayed in the left pane of GPMC should look like those in Figure 9.10.

    Figure 9.10   GPMC Modeling Results

    GPMC Modeling Results