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Windows Server 2012 Group Policies and Policy Management : GPO Administrative Tasks - Creating a GPO Central Store

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1. Installing the Group Policy Management Tools

Before Group Policy can be managed, the Group Policy Management Tools must be installed. These tools are installed by default on Windows Server 2012 domain controllers, but for other systems, they must be manually installed. The following sections detail installation steps for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 systems.

Installing the Group Policy Management Tools on Windows Server 2012

Before group policies can be managed from a Windows Server 2012 system, the Group Policy Management feature must be installed, as detailed in the following steps:

1. Log on to a designated administrative system running Windows Server 2012.

2. Open Windows PowerShell from the taskbar.

3. Type Import-Module ServerManager and press Enter.

4. Type Add-WindowsFeature GPMC and press Enter.

5. Review the installation status in the Windows PowerShell window and close the window if the install was successful.

Installing the Group Policy Management Tools on Windows 8 Client

To install Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Server 2012 on Windows 8 Client, follow these steps:

1. Download the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Server 2012 for Windows 8 for x86 or x64 depending on your client OS type.

2. Double-click the downloaded file, and when you are prompted by the Windows Update Standalone Installer dialog box to install the update, click Yes.

3. On the EULA page, read and accept the license terms, and then click I Accept to continue with the installation.

4. When prompted, reboot the system to complete the installation.

After the system reboots, if you are logged on with an account with the necessary permissions, all the Remote Server Administration Tools will be available for remote administration of Windows Server 2012 systems. The tools will be located within an Administrative Tools tile on the Start menu.

Managing Group Policy with Windows PowerShell

From a Windows 8 or a Windows Server 2012 system with the Group Policy Management Tools installed, several new Windows PowerShell cmdlets can be leveraged to manage Group Policy. To access these Group Policy cmdlets, follow these steps:

1. Log on to a designated administrative system running Windows Server 2012.

2. Open Windows PowerShell from the taskbar.

3. In the Windows PowerShell window, type Import-module grouppolicy and press Enter to enable Group Policy management.

4. Now in the window, type Get-command –module grouppolicy enter to see a list of the 28 different Group Policy cmdlets available.

5. To get help information about a specific Group Policy cmdlet, such as get-gporeport, type Get-help get-gporeport and press Enter.

6. And to see syntax usage of a specific cmdlet, such as get-gporeport, type Get-help get-gporeport –example and press Enter to see several different examples.

2. Creating a GPO Central Store

Starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, administrators can now manually create a folder on the Active Directory domain controller that contains all the necessary ADMX and ADML files. This folder is referred to as the GPO central store and has to be created and managed manually. The GPO central store can be created in a domain that contains at least Windows Server 2003 domain controllers or later.

By default, with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and later OSs, when a GPO is opened for editing the system first checks the domain controller for the existence of a GPO central store. If the central store exists, the GPO loads the templates located in the central store. If the central store does not exist, the local copies of the ADMX and ADML files are loaded to view the GPO.


Note

For a central store to work properly, the Active Directory Forest and Domain Schema must be upgraded to at least Windows Server 2008 Schema even though the domain controller requirement is only Windows Server 2003 with the latest service pack.


The creation of the GPO central store provides a simple, yet effective way for administrators to manage administrative templates from the server. To create the GPO central store, follow these steps:

1. Log on to a designated administrative system running Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012.

2. Browse to the C:\Windows\ folder and copy the PolicyDefinitions folder to the Clipboard.

3. In a domain named companyabc.com, open the following folder: \\companyabc.com\sysvol\companyabc.com\policies.

4. Paste the PolicyDefinitions folder from the Clipboard to the folder referenced in the preceding step.

5. Close any open folder windows.

The preceding steps create the central store and populate the store with the ADMX template files and the ADML language files of the administrative workstation or server. If additional language files are required, the language subfolder within the PolicyDefinitions folder of the administrative system can be copied into the domain’s central store now located at \\companyabc.com\sysvol\companyabc.com\policies\PolicyDefinitions.

Verifying the Usage of the GPO Central Store

To verify whether the central store is actually being used, follow these steps:

1. Log on to a designated administrative system.

2. Open the Group Policy Management Console.

3. Expand the domain to expose the Group Policy Objects container and expand it.

4. Select any existing GPO that contains at least one configured setting within the Administrative Templates section of either the Computer Configuration or User Configuration node.

5. In the right pane, select the Settings tab to view the settings of the GPO, similar to the settings shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1. GPO central store verification.

Under Administrative Templates, it will state whether policy definitions (ADMX) files were retrieved from the local machine or from the central store.

6. Close the Group Policy Management Console.

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