Active Directory Administration Cookbook

Using the Group Policy Management Console

To create a GPO, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc).
2. In the left navigation pane, expand the Forest node.
3. Expand the Domains node, and then navigate to the domain where you want to copy a GPO.
4. Expand the domain name and then expand the Group Policy Objects node.
5. Locate the GPO that you want to copy.
6. Right-click the GPO and select Copy from the menu.
7. Right-click the Group Policy Objects node and select Paste from the menu. The Copy GPO popup window appears:

8. In the Copy GPO popup window, select Preserve the existing permissions. of the GPO or Use the default ...