Orphaned GPO

Finding Orphaned Group Policy Objects

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Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are stored in two parts:

  1. GPC (Group Policy Container). The GPC is where the GPO stores all the AD-related configuration under the CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=… container, which is replicated via AD replication.
  2. GPT (Group Policy Templates). The GPT is where the GPO stores the actual settings located within SYSVOL area under the Policies folder, which is replicated by either File Replication Services (FRS) or Distributed File System (DFS).

This script will help find GPOs that are missing one of the parts, which therefore makes it an orphaned GPO.

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