Backing up and restoring GPOs is going to be a regular task for anybody administering Active Directory and Group Policy. In this recipe, we walked through each process, using a couple of different tools for each procedure. Group Policy Management Console is nice because it is graphically interfaced, and it is easy to look at the options available to you. PowerShell is often preferred, however, because it can be automated (think scheduled backups). It also facilitates remote execution of these commands from another machine inside the network.
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