Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Computer GPO Processing
Computers process group policies during startup, shutdown, and periodic refresh intervals. By default, the refresh interval is every 90 minutes on servers and workstations, with an offset of 0 to 30 minutes. On domain controllers, group policies are refreshed every 5 minutes. The offset ensures that domain-joined computers do not all refresh or process group policies simultaneously and potentially negatively impact the operation of the domain controllers and the computers themselves. When a domain-joined computer starts up, if the computer can successfully locate and communicate with an authenticating domain controller, Group Policy Object (GPO) processing occurs. During GPO processing, the system checks each linked or ...
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