Group Policy

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Group Policy is a Windows feature that centrally manages and enforces configuration and security settings across users and computers in an Active Directory environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows feature
configuration management technology
security management technology
abbreviation GPO
appliesAt periodic background refresh
system startup
user logon
appliesVia Group Policy processing engine
configurationStorage Active Directory
surface form: Active Directory database

SYSVOL
configuredWith Group Policy Management Console
Local Group Policy Editor
defaultRefreshInterval 90 minutes
defaultRefreshOffset 30 minutes
developedBy Microsoft
introducedIn Windows 2000
operatingSystem Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
policyType Computer Configuration
User Configuration
primaryFunction centralized configuration management
centralized security management
policy enforcement
processingOrder Domain
Local
Organizational Unit
Site
relatedTo Group Policy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Group Policy Preferences

Intune configuration profiles
Local Group Policy
scope computers
users
storesSettingsIn Group Policy Objects
supports AppLocker policies
WMI filters
Windows Update configuration
account lockout policies
audit policies
domain-joined computers
domains
firewall configuration
folder redirection
organizational units
password policies
registry-based policy settings
scripts
security filtering
security settings
sites
software deployment
software restriction policies
supportsLinkingTo domain
organizational unit
site
usedIn Active Directory environment

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows 2000 introducedFeature Group Policy
Windows Firewall configurationInterface Group Policy
this entity surface form: Group Policy Editor
Windows Firewall canBeManagedBy Group Policy
Active Directory supportsFeature Group Policy
SmartScreen canBeManagedVia Group Policy
Encrypting File System managedBy Group Policy
Group Policy relatedTo Group Policy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Group Policy Preferences
Security Center canBeDisabledBy Group Policy
Windows Registry canBeModifiedBy Group Policy
UAC canBeConfiguredVia Group Policy
May 2021 Update (21H1) improves Group Policy
this entity surface form: Group Policy Service performance over remote work scenarios
Windows Certificate Store hasStoreLocation Group Policy
this entity surface form: GroupPolicy
Chrome security policies configuredVia Group Policy
this entity surface form: Group Policy (Windows)