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Group Policy flakiness?

Posted by jarmbrister
General Windows Windows Server

Is it just me or does Group Policy often seem to depend on a wing and a prayer? Sometimes the simplest of settings will take and other times not so much.

Example: I deployed a desktop (update method) shortcut by GPO last week. It worked exactly as it should. Today, trying to add another shortcut by the same method as before, it steadfastly refuses to cooperate.

DCs are in sync, policy is applying, but the shortcut itself isn't created using the same method that worked flawlessly only a few days ago.

What is your general experience with Group Policy?

Group Policy flakiness?

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  • Works more often than not.

    9 votes (64%)

  • Works the first time, every time.

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  • Oftentimes doesn't work as expected.

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  • I remember getting really frustrated with GPOs before I started digging into more of AD, but I can't remember having any major problems with in the past few years. I imagine most of my problems were with misunderstanding scopes and/or not realizing how long it takes for things to sync between DCs.

    If I've learned anything from SwiftOnSecurity, it's that GPOs will still run even if you've thoroughly borked just about everything else, so if you're having trouble, I'd double (or triple) check that you're applying your policy to the correct place, and that it actually applies to the correct computer/user section. 

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  • GPOs update randomly anywhere from 30 to 120 minutes. Always works for me although it seems way skewed toward the larger number. :)

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  • GPO does not work fluky. You would need to check out where did you do wrong and what step you need to take to sort out the issue.

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  • Work from home and other users connecting via VPN may have outdated policies.  Group policies has worked quite reliably for me.

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