Mastering Windows Group Policy

Applying a WMI filter to our GPO

Let's work together to apply WMI filters to some of our existing GPOs. I have the need to treat the Windows Firewall rules differently based upon whether a machine is a laptop, or is not a laptop. Effectively, I want my laptops to have some specific firewall settings and rules that I have defined inside a GPO called Set Firewall Rules for Laptops. On the flip side, any machine in my network that is not a laptop doesn't need the Windows Firewall running at all, so I have a second GPO named Disable Windows Firewall.

I could accomplish this scenario by using an AD Security Group and the GPO Security Filtering section, but that means I need to create the group and then add all of my laptop computers into that ...