Backing Up a Group Policy Object

A valuable feature, new in the Group Policy Management console, is the ability to back up and restore GPOs. Include regular backup of all GPOs as part of your overall planning-for-disaster strategy. To back up a GPO, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Group Policy Management console. In the console tree, navigate to Group Policy Objects in the domain that contains the GPO to be backed up.

    1. To back up a single GPO, right-click the GPO and select Back Up.

    2. To back up all GPOs in the domain, right-click Group Policy Objects and select Back Up All (Figure 20-12).

      Backing up all GPOs

      Figure 20-12. Backing up all GPOs

  2. In the Back Up Group Policy Object ...

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