Get-GPStarterGPO

Get-GPStarterGPO

Gets one Starter GPO or all Starter GPOs in a domain.

Syntax

Get-GPStarterGPO [-Name] <string> [-Domain <string>] [-Server <string>] [<CommonParameters>]


Get-GPStarterGPO -All [-Domain <string>] [-Server <string>] [<CommonParameters>]


Get-GPStarterGPO -Guid <Guid> [-Domain <string>] [-Server <string>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-GPStarterGPO cmdlet gets one Starter GPO or all Starter GPOs in a domain. You can specify the Starter GPO to retrieve either by display name or by GUID, or you can specify the All parameter to get all the Starter GPOs in the domain.

You can use this cmdlet to get information about a StarterGPO, or you can create a new GPO from a specified Starter GPO by piping the output of this cmdlet into the New-GPO cmdlet.

Parameters

-All <SwitchParameter>

Returns all the Starter GPOs in the domain.

Attributes

Name Value

Required?

true

Accept wildcard characters?

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Position?

named

-Domain <string>

Specifies the domain for this cmdlet. You must specify the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain (for example: sales.contoso.com).

For the Get-GPStarterGPO cmdlet, the Starter GPO must exist in this domain.

If you do not specify the Domain parameter, the domain of the user that is running the current session is used. (If the cmdlet is being executed from a computer startup or shutdown script, the domain of the computer is used.) For more information, see the Notes section in the full Help.

If you specify a domain that is different from the domain of the user that is running the current session (or, for a startup or shutdown script, the computer), a trust must exist between that domain and the domain of the user (or the computer).

You can also refer to Domain by its built-in alias, "domainname". For more information, see about_Aliases.

Attributes

Name Value

Required?

false

Accept wildcard characters?

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Position?

named

-Guid <Guid>

Specifies the Starter GPO to retrieve by its globally unique identifier (GUID). The GUID uniquely identifies the Starter GPO.

You can also refer to the Guid parameter by its built-in alias, "id". For more information, see about_Aliases.

Attributes

Name Value

Required?

true

Accept wildcard characters?

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByPropertyName)

Position?

named

-Name <string>

Specifies the Starter GPO to retrieve by its display name.

The display name is not guaranteed to be unique in the domain. If another Starter GPO with the same display name exists in the domain an error occurs. You can use the Guid parameter to uniquely identify a Starter GPO.

You can also refer to the Name parameter by its built-in alias, "displayname". For more information, see about_Aliases.

Attributes

Name Value

Required?

true

Accept wildcard characters?

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByPropertyName)

Position?

1

-Server <string>

Specifies the name of the domain controller that this cmdlet contacts to complete the operation. You can specify either the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the host name. For example:

FQDN: DomainController1.SalesDomain.Contoso.com
Host Name: DomainController1

If you do not specify the name by using the Server parameter, the PDC emulator is contacted.

You can also refer to the Server parameter by its built-in alias, "dc". For more information, see about_Aliases.

Attributes

Name Value

Required?

false

Accept wildcard characters?

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Position?

named

-CommonParameter

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see About Common Parameter

Input and Return Types

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Input Type

Microsoft.GroupPolicy.StarterGpo. A Starter GPO.

Return Type

Microsoft.GroupPolicy.StarterGpo object. Get-GPStarterGPO returns a Starter GPO object.

Notes

  • You can use the Domain parameter to explicitly specify the domain for this cmdlet.

    If you do not explicitly specify the domain, the cmdlet uses a default domain. The default domain is the domain that is used to access network resources by the security context under which the current session is running. This domain is typically the domain of the user that is running the session. For example, the domain of the user who started the session by opening Windows PowerShell from the Program Files menu, or the domain of a user that is specified in a runas command. However, computer startup and shutdown scripts execute under the context of the LocalSystem account. The LocalSystem account is a built-in local account, and it accesses network resources under the context of the computer account. Therefore, when this cmdlet is executed from a startup or shutdown script, the default domain is the domain to which the computer is joined.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

C:\PS>

Get-GPStarterGPO -Name "Windows Vista EC User"



DisplayName       : Windows Vista EC User

Id                : 8780588e-ef91-442b-bd5f-2d50de7abf76

Owner             : BUILTIN\Administrators

Created           : 9/10/2008 12:18:46 PM

Modified          : 4/26/2008 3:25:52 PM

UserVersion       :

ComputerVersion   :

StarterGpoVersion : 0

StarterGpoType    : System

Author            : Microsoft

Description       : This Starter GPO contains the user Group Policy settings recommended for the Enterprise Client (EC)

                     environment described in the Windows Vista security guide.



                    For more information about each of these settings, see the Windows Vista Security Guide (https://go.

                    microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=121852).                        

Description

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This command gets the "Windows Vista EC User" Starter GPO.

EXAMPLE 2

C:\PS>

Get-GPStarterGPO -Name "Windows Vista EC User" | New-GPO -Name TestGPO-Comment "Create a GPO by using a Starter GPO"



DisplayName     : TestGPO

DomainName      : contoso.com

Owner           : CONTOSO\Domain Admins

GpoId           : f2828b5c-363a-41f6-afb1-5fa111df715f

GpoStatus       : AllSettingsEnabled

Description     : Create a GPO by using a Starter GPO

CreatedTime     : 2/5/2009 6:46:04 PM

LastModified    : 2/5/2009 6:46:04 PM

UserVersion     : AD Version: 1, SysVol Version: 1

ComputerVersion : AD Version: 1, SysVol Version: 1

WmiFilter       :                        

Description

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This command creates a GPO named TestGPO from the "Windows Vista EC User" Starter GPO. The Starter GPO is retrieved by the Get-GPStarterGPO command and is then piped into the New-GPO command to create the new GPO.

See Also

Reference

New-GPStarterGPO
New-GPO