Advanced Troubleshooting with Resultant Set of Policy ( RSoP )
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Advanced Troubleshooting with Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)
Jeffery HicksPrincipal ConsultantJDH Information Technology Solutions
WCL303
Agenda
What is Resultant Set of Policy?Using the Group Policy Management ConsoleUsing Windows PowerShellUsing the CMD shell
Demos and scripts will be available from http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog
Requirements
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7Enable Group Policy featurePermissions to read and generate Resultant Set of Policy data (per container)Remote Management Firewall Exception
What is Resultant Set of Policy?
Group Policy can be applied to computer and/or userPolicies set at Site, Domain and OrganizationalUnit You could have multiple policiesLast applied “wins”RSoP is the cumulative effect for user and/or computer
RSoP Modes
Modeling (or What If…)Predicts what should happenUse for planning and testingNo computer access required
Results (or What Really Happened)Get the actual resultsPer user or machineRequires connectivity to computerUser must have logged on
Using the Group Policy Management Console
Wizard drivenSpecify User(s) and/or Computer(s)Specify group membershipsSpecify WMI filters
Create new reports from existingCreate HTML or XML ReportsRe-Run Advanced View to help find settings and their policy
demo
Using the Group Policy Management ConsoleRSoP
Using the Group Policy Module
Requires Remote Server Administration ToolsRequires Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2RSoP Permissions are set per container
Using the Module
Import-Module GroupPolicyGet-GPResultantSetofPolicy cmdlet
Specify User/ComputerCreate HTML/XML reportsDoes Logging Only
Parse the XML document in PowerShell
demo
Using the Group Policy Cmdlets and Windows PowerShell
Using the CMD Shell
GPRESULT.EXECreate same type of reports (XML and HTML)Can be used remotelyYou can also get more detailed processing information
Using GPResult
My Resources
Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM 2nd Ed. (SAPIEN Press 2011)Group Policy Team Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/GPAnswers.com (http://www.gpanswers.com)http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog
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