Active Directory Domain Services 2008 : Link a WMI Filter to a Group Policy Object, Determine a Resultant Set of Policy

Copy a WMI Filter

Scenario/Problem: You have an existing WMI filter. You want to make a copy of the WMI filter so it can be modified independently of the original.

Solution: Copy a WMI filter.

To copy a WMI filter, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.
3.	In the console tree, expand the WMI Filters node, right-click the WMI filter you want to copy, and click Copy.
4.	Right-click the WMI Filters node and click Paste.
5.	Rename the new WMI filter accordingly.

Link a WMI Filter to a Group Policy Object

Scenario/Problem: You created a WMI filter that queries for computers that have Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed. You need to filter the application of a GPO to computers that have Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 installed.

Solution: Link a WMI filter to a GPO.

To link a WMI filter to a GPO, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.
3.	In the console tree, expand the Group Policy Objects node and select the GPO to which you want to link the WMI filter.
4.	In the Scope tab, select the WMI filter from the drop-down list under the WMI Filtering section, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Linking a WMI filter to a GPO.

Determine a Resultant Set of Policy

Scenario/Problem: You have a computer account that is receiving incorrect settings from group policy. You need to determine which GPO is causing this issue for the computer.

Solution: Determine resultant set of policy.

To determine resultant set of policy, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008 RSAT installed.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.
3.	In the console tree, right-click the Group Policy Results node and click Group Policy Results Wizard.
4.	Click Next on the Welcome to the Group Policy Results Wizard page.
5.	If you want to determine the resultant set of policy on the local computer, select This Computer on the Computer Selection page and click Next.
6.	If you want to determine the resultant set of policy on another computer, select Another Computer on the Computer Selection page, enter the computer name, as shown in Figure 2, and click Next. Figure 2. The Computer Selection page.
7.	If you do not want to determine the resultant set of policy for a user account, select Do not display user policy settings in the results on the User Selection page.
8.	If you want to determine the resultant set of policy for a user account, select the user on the User Selection page as, shown in Figure 3, and click Next. Figure 3. The User Selection page.
9.	Click Next on the Summary of Selections page.
10.	Click Finish on the Completing the Group Policy Results Wizard page.
11.	In the details pane, click the Summary tab, shown in Figure 4, to view a summary of the Group Policy results, click the Settings tab to view the settings that are applied, or click the Policy Events tab to view any Group Policy related events on the target system. Figure 4. Group policy results.