Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How it works...

In Group Policy loopback processing mode, Group Policy processing is changed. In normal circumstances, the Computer Configuration parts of GPOs are processed by the computer object and the User Configuration parts of GPOs are processed for the user account. In loopback processing mode, though, Group Policy processing is different. It can be configured in two ways:

• Merge mode: In merge mode, any GPOs that are applicable to the user object will be processed first. The GPOs applicable to the computer object will be applied afterwards. This way, the user account will still correctly process any settings applicable to the account, but settings configured for the computer account override when there are conflicts.
• Replace mode ...