9.1. Finding the GPOs in a Domain
Problem
You want to find all of the GPOs that have been created in a domain.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Open the GPMC snap-in.
In the left pane, expand the Forest container.
Expand the Domains container.
Browse to the domain of the target GPO.
Expand the Group Policy Objects container. All of the GPOs in the domain will be listed under that container.
Using a command-line interface
> listallgpos.wsf [/domain:<DomainDNSName
>] [/v]
You can also use the gpotool
to display the GPOs:
> gpotool [/domain:<DomainDNSName
>] [/verbose]
Using VBScript
' This code displays all of the GPOs for a domain.
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strDomain = "<DomainDNSName
>" ' e.g. rallencorp.com
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objGPM = CreateObject("GPMgmt.GPM")
set objGPMConstants = objGPM.GetConstants( )
' Initialize the Domain object
set objGPMDomain = objGPM.GetDomain(strDomain, "", objGPMConstants.UseAnyDC)
' Create an empty search criteria
set objGPMSearchCriteria = objGPM.CreateSearchCriteria
set objGPOList = objGPMDomain.SearchGPOs(objGPMSearchCriteria)
' Print the GPOs.
WScript.Echo "Found " & objGPOList.Count & " GPOs in " & strDomain & ":"
for each objGPO in objGPOList
WScript.Echo " " & objGPO.DisplayName
next
Discussion
See the Introduction in Chapter 9 for more on how GPOs are stored in Active Directory.
Using VBScript
You can find the GPOs in a domain by using the
GPMDomain.SearchGPOs
method. The only parameter
you need to pass to SearchGPOs ...
Get Active Directory Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.