Powershell script for creating copy of GPOs

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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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