new group policies have to be enforced in order to be applied at all

Hello Williams, Ernest L,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

This could be due to a variety of reasons. Here are some possible causes and solutions:

Inheritance Issues: Sometimes, a policy in an Organizational Unit (OU) may be overridden by a higher-level policy. Check the inheritance settings of your policies to ensure that no other policies are affecting the one you want to apply.

Client Issues: Issues on the client computer, such as problems with the local policy cache, may prevent the Group Policy from being applied correctly. Try clearing the local policy cache or restarting the computer.

Policy Setting Conflicts: Carefully review all policy settings to ensure there are no conflicts, as some policies may override each other.

You might also try creating a test policy in both the parent and child OUs to see how the test policy is inherited.

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

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Daisy Zhou

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Hi @Williams, Ernest L

The option enforced is used in case when we want force a GPO setting in case of conflict with another GPO linked on child OU. SO if there is no GPO in conflict this option is not required.

I invite you to read this link to get mor e details about GPO precedence:

Group Policy Order of Precedence

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