June 2017
Beginner to intermediate
742 pages
18h 29m
English
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WMI filtering
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filters is another method that we can use to filter the Group Policy target. This method can be used to filter only the computer objects, and it is based on computer attribute values. As an example, WMI filters can be used to filter different operating system versions, processor architecture (32 bit/64 bit), Windows Server roles, registry settings, event ID, and so on. WMI filters will run against WMI data of the computers and decide whether it should apply the policy or not. If it matches the WMI query, it will process the Group Policy, and if it's false, it will not process the Group Policy. This method was first introduced with Windows Server 2003.
We can use GPMC to create/manage ...