Re: Applying Group Policies to selective OUs...

["Gaddis, Jeremy L." <jeremy () linuxwiz net>]

G.Sivasubramanian wrote:
> I would like to know whether we can apply Group Policy to selective OUs. =
> I am not able to succeed in that. Can anyone help me on this regard.

Absolutely!

Start out by downloading the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) from 
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/default.mspx (requires 
XP SP1 or greater).  This will replace the Group Policy Editor that you 
normally see when, in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, 
you right-click an OU, select Properties, then Group Policies.

In the GPMC, you can create your Group Policies just as you normally 
would.  To apply your GPO's to specific OU's, however, you right-click 
the OU (in the GPMC snap-in) and select "Link".  Do this once for each 
OU that you want to apply the GPO to.

Doing it this way means you can create your Group Policies once and 
apply them to only the OU's you want.  You avoid having to "Block 
Inheritance" and the like.

The GPMC provides you with a lot more flexibility than the standard 
Group Policy Editor does. See 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/stepbystep/gpmcinad.mspx 
for more information on the GPMC (the URL will probably wrap due to its 
length).

Hope this helps!
-j

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Jeremy L. Gaddis, GCWN, Linux+, Network+
LinuxWiz Consulting
http://www.linuxwiz.net/


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