Guided Hands-On Lab on GPO-GPP

Presenter Tan CheeTitle MVP in GPOEvent CTU 2011 JuneDate 25th June 2011

Guided HOL on GPO-GPP

• Getting Familiarize with the HOL Setup

• HOL Session #1 – Restricted Group (GPO & GPP)

• HOL Session #2 – Deployment of TCPIP Printer (GPO & GPP)

• HOL Session #3 – Managing Office 2010 settings (GPO)

• HOL Session #4 – WMI Filter

• HOL Session #5 – Basic Troubleshooting

• Tips and Tricks plus Discussion (Sharing Experience)

Agenda

Getting Familiarize with the HOL Setup

The Setup

Domain Name: ONPREM.LOCAL

Physical Host

Virtual Machines (Hyper-V): Private Network

Quick Walk Through on the HOL Setup

Getting Ready

Under “START” > “Administrative Tools”

• Start “Active Directory Users and Computers” Console– Understand the OU structure– Understand where is the User Objects– Understand where is the Computer Objects

• Start “Group Policy Management” Console

• Start “Active Directory Sites and Services” Console (For manual replication)

DC1.onprem.local (Domain Controller)

OU Structure and Dummy Accounts

GPMCOU that cannot link GPO to

Getting Ready

• Login as Domain Admin

• Open Command Prompt– Get ready to run following commands

•GPUPDATE /FORCE• You may be required to login as CTUUSER01 in later part

Client1.onprem.local (Domain Machine)

HOL Session #1 – Restricted Group (GPO)

HOL Session #1

• Restrict adding of members to local administrators group

• Insertion of Domain Group to be a member of local administrators group

Restricted Group through GPO

HOL #1a - Restrict adding of members to local machine administrators group

HOL Session #1a

On DC1.onprem.local (Domain Controller)

• Start GPMC

• Create and Configure GPO – “CTU_Restricted_Group”

• Link the GPO to the OU containing Computer – “Client1”

On Client1.onprem.local (Client Machine)

• Under “local users and groups” > “Groups”, try adding “CTUUser01” to “Administrators” group.

• Then under command prompt, run “GPUPDATE /FORCE”

Restrict adding of members to local machine administrators group

HOL Session #1a

Expected Result:User able to insert another domain group to the local machine administrators group.User un-able to add another domain account to the local machine administrators group.

Restrict adding of members to local machine administrators group

HOL #1b - Insert Domain Group to be a member of local machine administrators group

HOL Session #1b

On DC1.onprem.local (Domain Controller)

• Start GPMC

• Create and Configure GPO – “CTU_Inject_LocalAdmin”

• Link the GPO to the OU containing Computer – “Client1”

On Client1.onprem.local (Client Machine)

• Under “local users and groups” > “Groups”, try adding “CTUUser01” to “Administrators” group.

• Then under command prompt, run “GPUPDATE /FORCE”

Insert Domain Group to be a member of local machine administrators group

HOL Session #1b

Expected Result:User able to insert another domain group to the local machine administrators group.User able to add another domain account to the local machine administrators group.

Insert Domain Group to be a member of local machine administrators group

HOL #1c – Managing Local Machine Administrators Group using GPP

GPP contain similar settings? Yes!

HOL #1c – Managing Local Machine Administrators Group using GPP

DEMO

HOL Session #2 – Deployment of TCPIP Printer (GPO & GPP)

Getting Ready

On DC1.onprem.local

• Print Service (Add Role)

• Add Printer Drivers (Both x64 and x86)

• Share out the Printer (192.168.1.40 – CTU Printer)

• Create and Configure GPO – “CTU_Deploy_Printer”

• Link the GPO to the OU containing Computer

• On Client machine, under command prompt, run “GPUPDATE /FORCE

Deployment of TCPIP Printer (GPO & GPP)

Deployment of TCPIP Printer (GPO & GPP)

• Printer Driver (32bit and 64bit)

• GPO Setting – Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions: Enabled

• Impact to Boot Up

• Through Computer or User GPP?

Pointers to take note

HOL Session #3 – Managing Office 2011 settings (GPO)

Getting Ready

On DC1.onprem.local

• Create and Configure GPO – “CTU_Office2010”

• Import GPO template files for Office 2010– Note that the settings are under User Configuration

• Link the GPO to the OU containing Users – “CTUUser01”

Managing Office 2011 settings (GPO)

Setting to Try

• Configure as following.

• On Client, Login as CTUUser01 to verify setting is applied.

Default Font Name, Size

HOL Session #4 – WMI Filter

DEMO

WMI Filter (GPO)

• Useful to target GPO for Machine running different OS under same OU.

Demo on how to import and apply WMI Filter

HOL Session #5 – Basic Troubleshooting Relates to GPO

Basic Troubleshooting

On Client machine (Login with Domain account)

• Event Viewer of Client

• Run Command Line – GPRESULT /H <Filename>.html

On Domain Controller

• Use GPMC to generate a Group Policy Result

Requirement for GPMC Group Policy Results Wizard to work

• WMI service on target must be running

• Firewall port must open for WMI (Predefined Program)

Tips and Tricks plus Discussion!!

Tips and Tricks

In Client Machine, Remove the following registry key and run GP update, the GPP that is configured as Apply Once Only will apply again.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Group Policy\Client\RunOnce

GPP – Apply Once Only?

Tips and TricksGPP – Settings with Red and Green Underline – What does it mean?

Red – [No Go], Will not Deliver

Green – [Go], Will be Delivered

Tips and TricksGPO Settings Supersede GPP Settings

Discussion

Thank You!!