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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Connect Two Group Policy Objects in Active Directory and Compare Them Offline? (Part 2)

July 16, 2010 Jul 16, 2010 07/16/10
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs in my domain and I do not have ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Connect Two Group Policy Objects in Active Directory and Compare Them Offline? (Part 1)

July 15, 2010 Jul 15, 2010 07/15/10
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to connect to two Group Policy objects (GPOs) in Active Directory and make an offline copy of the GPOs using Windows PowerShell 2.0 so that I can compare the two objects. I know I can do this using the Group Policy Management Console, but I have several hundred GPOs in my domain and I do not have ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Use Group Policy Cmdlets to Test Active Directory Replication?

July 14, 2010 Jul 14, 2010 07/14/10
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  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use the Microsoft Group Policy cmdlets and Windows PowerShell 2.0 to test Active Directory replication. Know how? -- RG   Hello RG, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I had an Office Communicator conversation last night with my friend Brett in Sydney, Australia. He is my Tim Tam and ANZAC ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Group Policy Cmdlets to Back Up and Restore Group Policy Objects?

July 13, 2010 Jul 13, 2010 07/13/10
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to know how to use the Group Policy cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to back up and to restore Group Policy objects (GPOs), and I have heard that there are Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7. Can you help me? -- GJ   Hello GJ, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is hot and humid in Charlotte. The ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can You Get Me Going on Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Group Policy?

July 12, 2010 Jul 12, 2010 07/12/10
ScriptingGuy1
  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to work with Group Policy Objects (GPOs) by using a Windows PowerShell script. I understand there are new Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7, but when I use the Get-Command cmdlet, I do not see any cmdlets. Is this a Release-to-Web (RTW) feature, or did it not make the cut for the final product? -- CT   ...