Powershell script for creating copy of GPOs

jay k 21 Reputation points
2021-06-23T07:39:17.733+00:00

Team, could you please help with the script to copy the existing GPOs and create a copy of the GPO with PowerShell script for creating copy of the multiple GPOs for testing

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  1. Leon Laude 85,651 Reputation points
    2021-06-23T08:42:50.127+00:00

    Hi @jay k ,

    You can accomplish this by using the Copy-GPO PowerShell cmdlet, here's a couple of examples on how to copy a Group Policy with PowerShell:

    Copy one GPO 

    Copy-GPO -SourceName "TestGpo1" -SourceDomain "test.contoso.com" TargetName "TestGpo1" -TargetDomain "sales.contoso.com"

    Copy all GPOs 

    Get-GPO -All -Domain "sales1.contoso.com" | ForEach-Object {$_ | Copy-GPO -TargetName ($_.DisplayName) -TargetDomain "sales2.contoso.com" -CopyAcl -MigrationTable "C:\Temp\tables\MigrationTable.migtable"}

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    Best regards,
    Leon

  2. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,571 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-06-24T01:44:37.117+00:00

    Hi,

    You can link the GPO to a specified OU using the New-GPLink cmdlet. 

    $sourceGPO = "TestGPO"  
$targetGPO = "test_productionGPOname"  
$ou = "OU=test, DC=contoso, DC=com"  
Copy-GPO -SourceName $sourceGPO -TargetName $targetGPO  
New-GPlink -Name $targetGPO -target $ou -LinkEnabled Yes

    Best Regards,
    Ian Xue

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