How to Editing a GPO in AGPM

Editing a GPO in AGPM

A Group Policy object (GPO) must be controlled by Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) before you can edit it. See Creating or Controlling a GPO for more information about controlling a GPO.

To make changes to a GPO offline without immediately impacting the deployed copy of the GPO in the production environment, check out a copy of the GPO from the archive. When changes are complete, check the GPO back into the archive, test it, and request deployment of the GPO to the production environment.

Editing a GPO offline

To edit a GPO, you check out the GPO from the archive, edit the GPO offline, and then check the GPO into the archive so that it can be reviewed and deployed (or modified by other Editors).

To check out a GPO from the archive for editing

1. In the Group Policy Management Console tree, click Change Control in the forest and domain in which you want to manage GPOs.
2. On the Contents tab, click the Controlled tab to display the controlled GPOs.
3. Right-click the GPO to be edited, and then click Check Out.
4. Type a comment to be displayed in the History of the GPO while it is checked out, and then click OK.
5. When the Progress window indicates that overall progress is complete, click Close. On the Controlled tab, the state of the GPO is now identified as Checked Out.

To edit a GPO offline

1. On the Controlled tab, right-click the GPO to be edited, and then click Edit.
2. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, make changes to an offline copy of the GPO.
3. When you have finished modifying the GPO, close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

To check a GPO into the archive

1. On the Controlled tab:
2. if you have made no changes to the GPO, right-click the GPO and click Undo Check Out, and then click Yes to confirm.
3. If you have made changes to the GPO, right-click the GPO and click Check In.
4. Type a comment to be displayed in the audit trail of the GPO, and then click OK.
5. When the Progress window indicates that overall progress is complete, click Close. On the Controlled tab, the state of the GPO is identified as Checked In.

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