How Create a Starter Group Policy Object
Server 2008 Group Policy Management Console allows creation of Starter GPO. It can be used to preload / prepopulate GPO settings into a GPO as a baseline.
Create a Starter GPO
- Open Group Policy Management Console on Server 2008
- Under domain, select the Starter GPO container
- Click “Create Start GPOs Folder” on the right pane
- Right click on the Starter GPO container and choose New
- Right click the GPO, choose Edit to open the GPO in the Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.
- Once configured, close the Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.
- To backup the starter GPO, right click the recently created starter GPO and choose Backup.
