Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

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 the 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 the Identifying replication issues 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 ...