Mastering Active Directory

How to troubleshoot Group Policy issues

Group Policy troubleshooting is one of the most painful and time-consuming events for most IT engineers. The reason is that there are so many reasons for Group Policy issues. In the following table, I have listed some of most common reasons for Group Policy issues:

Reason	Description
Replication issues	AD and SYSVOL replication-related errors are the most common reason for Group Policy issues. In a previous section of this chapter, we looked into possible replication issues that can occur in an AD environment and how we can recover from those. ;
Poor design	Using group policies in the infrastructure is like eating curd with a two-edged sword. By design, it should be spot on, and continuous ...