Group Policy inheritance

Any Group Policy that is applied to the upper level of the structure is inherited in the lower level. The order of the inherited policies is decided by the LSDOU model that we looked at in the Group Policy processing section. Group Policy inheritance for each OU can be reviewed using the Group Policy Management MMC.

To view the inheritance data, first click on the OU and then click on the Group Policy Inheritance tab:

The Group Policy inheritance details can also be viewed by using the Get-GPInheritance PowerShell cmdlet. As an example, the same information listed in the preceding screenshot can be viewed using the ...

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