How to manage OpenSSH with Group Policy

Group Policy allows you to specify managed configurations for users and computers. This page will help you create a Group Policy object to manage the OpenSSH Server component.

Prerequisites

Before you start, the following prerequisites must be met:

• You have administrator rights on the local device and the appropriate permissions to update Group Policy on your domain controller
• You are managing the in-box version of OpenSSH
• You are managing Operating Systems where both OpenSSH and Group Policy are present

Create a Group Policy Object

To create a Group Policy to manage OpenSSH perform the following steps:

1. Open the Group Policy Management tool.
2. In the navigation pane, expand Forest: your forest name, expand Domains, expand your domain.
3. Select Group Policy Objects.
4. Right-click Group Policy Objects, then select New to create a new Object.
5. Name the Object so that it can be identified as managing OpenSSH.
6. Double-click the new Object.
7. Navigate to the Settings tab.
8. Right-click on Computer Configuration, then select Edit....
9. In the navigation pane, expand Computer Configuration, expand Policies, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, then select System Services.
10. Double-click OpenSSH SSH Server in the services list.
11. Click the checkmark Define this policy setting.
12. Select the desired service startup mode; Automatic, Manual, Disabled.
13. Select Apply.