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<span style="color:red">Computer Settings 1</span><br> | <span style="color:red">Computer Settings 1</span><br> | ||
<span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span><br> | <span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span><br> | ||
| + | As you can see the <span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span> replaced <span style="color:green">User Settings 2</span> | ||
=== Merge Mode === | === Merge Mode === | ||
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<span style="color:green">User Settings 2</span><br> | <span style="color:green">User Settings 2</span><br> | ||
| − | In this mode both <span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span> and <span style="color:green">User Settings 2</span> are applied, but if there is a conflict between these policies, then User Settings 1 takes priority | + | In this mode both <span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span> and <span style="color:green">User Settings 2</span> are applied, but if there is a conflict between these policies, then <span style="color:red">User Settings 1</span> takes priority. |
Revision as of 01:27, 2 February 2013
Contents
Overview
Group Policy Example
<Domain> │ ├───<Computer OU> │ │ │ └─(GPO 1) = Computer Settings 1, User Settings 1 │ │ │ ├───[LedHed-PC1] │ │ │ └───[Server] │ │ └───<User OU> │ └─(GPO 2) = Computer Settings 2, User Settings 2 │ └───────[LedHed]
Legend
| Name | Object Type |
|---|---|
| [LedHed-PC1] | Computer |
| [LedHed] | User |
Standard Group Policy Processing
In the above example there are two Group Policy Objects (GPO).
- GPO 1
- GPO 2
Each GPO has two settings, Computer and User.
Group Policy applies Computer Settings to Computer Objects and User Settings to User Objects.
Under normal circumstances when the User [LedHed] logs on to Computer [LedHed-PC1] the following GPO settings are applied:
Computer Settings 1
User Settings 2
Loopback Processing
Loopback Processing changes the default behavior described above.
There are two modes Replace and Merge
Replace Mode
With Loopback Processing enabled in REPLACE mode, when User [LedHed] logs on to Computer [LedHed-PC1] the following GPO settings are applied:
Computer Settings 1
User Settings 1
As you can see the User Settings 1 replaced User Settings 2
Merge Mode
With Loopback Processing enabled in REPLACE mode, when User [LedHed] logs on to Computer [LedHed-PC1] the following GPO settings are applied:
Computer Settings 1
User Settings 1
User Settings 2
In this mode both User Settings 1 and User Settings 2 are applied, but if there is a conflict between these policies, then User Settings 1 takes priority.