Group Policy settings

Question

What is the order in which GPOs are applied?

Answer 1

Group Policy settings are practiced in the order illustrated below:

A. Local Group Policy object: Each and every computer has exactly one Group Policy object which is stored locally. This practiced for both computer and user Group Policy processing.

B. Site: Any GPOs which have been linked to the site which the computer belongs to are processed after that. Processing is in the order which is specified by the administrator, on the Linked Group Policy Objects tab for the site in the Group Policy Management Console (abbreviated as GPMC). The GPO with lowest link order is processed last, and thus has the maximum precedence.

C. Domain: The processing of multiple domain-linked GPOs is in the order given by the administrator, on Linked Group Policy Objects tab for the domain in GPMC. GPO with the least link order is processed at end, and thus has the maximum precedence.

D. Organizational units: GPOs which are linked to the organizational unit which is maximum in the Active Directory hierarchy are processed at first, then GPOs which are linked to its child organizational unit, and so forth. In conclusion, the GPOs which are linked to the organizational unit which has the user or computer are then processed.