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GPOADmin

Simplify Group Policy management and governance

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Simplify Active Directory group policy management and governance. GPOADmin is a third-party group policy management and governance solution that allows you to search, administer, verify, compare, update, roll back and consolidate GPOs to ensure consistency and avoid long-term GPO proliferation. GPO comparison features combined with enhanced security and workflow capabilities means controlling and securing your Windows infrastructure while supporting governance initiatives.

Getting GPOs right is critical — one wrong GPO with a seemingly innocuous setting can inflict massive detrimental effects to the security posture of thousands of systems in your network within minutes. With GPOADmin, you can automate critical Group Policy management and governance tasks to reduce risk and eliminate manual processes.

 

Key Benefits

Version comparisons
Improve GPO auditing and verify setting consistency quickly and easily with advanced, side-by-side GPO version comparisons at various intervals.
Rapid rollback
Quickly revert back to a working GPO in the event that a GPO change has an undesired effect. In seconds, the environment can be running smoothly again.
Approval-based workflow
Ensure changes adhere to change management best practices prior to deployment, a critical step in Active Directory group policy management.
GPO consolidation
Search for redundant or conflicting Group Policy settings, and merge them into a single GPO or create a new GPO based on the merged settings to avoid long-term GPO proliferation.
Automated attestation
Continually validate GPOs through automated attestation — a must for any third-party group policy management solution.
GPO Syncing
Automate settings synchronization from master GPO to selected target GPOs.

Features

Intuitive scheduling

Immediately implement or schedule approved changes to simplify the process, which makes Active Directory group policy management much more flexible.

Custom email templates

Enable customization of e-mail notifications with specific text and/or attachments by role (e.g., help desk).

Group Policy lineage

Test pre-production GPO clones before rolling them out to ensure their impact on the live environment.

Hidden pre-production GPO

Limit pre-production GPO access to you and other selected administrators with this third-party group policy management solution.

Protected settings policies

Define a list of GPO settings with predetermined values that must exist and cannot be modified.

GPO check-in and check-out locking

Easily prevent simultaneous editing conflicts or unwanted and unauthorized changes to production GPOs.

Object management

Assign responsibility for specific policies, either at the object- or container-level, to specific users, enabling admins to identify who is responsible for managing specific policies.

Pre- and post- actions

Enable users to execute custom actions before or after a GPOADmin change to facilitate integration with internal processes and systems.

    New! GPO Consolidation

  • Select redundant or conflicting Group Policy settings and merge into a single GPO or create a new GPO

    Group Policy Object merging options in Active Directory Group Policy Management solution
  • Rollback

  • Easily roll back GPOs to previous versions and eliminate ill effects.

    GPO rollback in Admin Preferences
  • Custom workflow actions

  • Define automated actions for different scenarios in GPOADmin.

    Custom Workflow Actions editor window
  • Protected settings policies

  • Define a list of settings that policies are then checked against.

    Protected Settings in active directory group policy management
  • Object management

  • Easily identify who is responsible for managing specific policies.

    Identification of specific policy manager
  • Email approval

  • Approve or reject GPO modification workflow requests by email.

    Email approval of workflow modifications requests
  • Custom email templates

  • Customize notifications with text or attachments for specific roles.

    Custom email notification templates for third party group policy management
  • GPO synchronization

  • Synchronize GPO settings across multiple GPOs.

    Active Directory Group policy management - GPO Synchronization Settings window
  • GPO comparison

  • Ensure GPO setting integrity and reduce the risk of policy violations.

    Group Policy Object Difference Report for third party group policy management

Specifications

Processor

2Ghz CPU Memory

Memory

8Gb RAM

Hard disk space

1 Gb (prefer 50Gb if backups and reports stored on he same drive)

Operating systems

  • Windows 11
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows® 8.1
  • Windows® 10
  • Windows® Server 2012

  • Windows® Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Note: Nano Server is not supported
  • .NET Framework 4.8
  • Microsoft® Group Policy Management Console with Service Pack 1 or Remote Server Administration Tools
  • Microsoft Edge WebView2 Evergreen Bootstrapper 97.0.1072.69
  • Microsoft Exchange 2013
  • Microsoft Exchange 2016
  • Microsoft Exchange 2019
  • Active Directory (not recommended)
  • AD LDS
  • SQL Server (Supported version includes 2012, 2012 R2, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019)
  • Note: GPOADmin supports SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups and SQL Clusters for SQL data
  • Network Share (recommended)
  • Active Directory (not recommended)
  • AD LDS
  • SQL Server (Supported version includes 2012, 2012 R2, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019)
  • Note: GPOADmin supports SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups and SQL Clusters for SQL data
  • Same system requirements as GPOADmin.

Resources

GPOADmin
Datasheet
GPOADmin
GPOADmin
Control and simplify Group Policy management.
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Three Key Ways to Improve Group Policy Management and Governance
Technical Brief
Three Key Ways to Improve Group Policy Management and Governance
Three Key Ways to Improve Group Policy Management and Governance
Learn how to dramatically improve security while streamlining Group Policy administration with GPOADmin.
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Protecting Group Policy: Under Attack and Under the Radar
On Demand Webcast
Protecting Group Policy: Under Attack and Under the Radar
Protecting Group Policy: Under Attack and Under the Radar
Protecting Group Policy: Under Attack and Under the Radar
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Governing GPOs with a Layered Security Framework
White Paper
Governing GPOs with a Layered Security Framework
Governing GPOs with a Layered Security Framework
This white paper describes how GPOs can be abused or exploited when the proper security controls are not in place and explains how to implement a layered security architecture that allows you to detect, alert and prevent unauthorized access to GPOs.
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Group Policy Management - GPOADmin Demo
On Demand Webcast
Group Policy Management - GPOADmin Demo
Group Policy Management - GPOADmin Demo
Watch this 30-minute demo where we'll cover how GPOADmin is a proxy-based administration and governance system for Group Policy.
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How to implement NIST, ESAE and Red Forest Cybersecurity Principles in Active Directory
White Paper
How to implement NIST, ESAE and Red Forest Cybersecurity Principles in Active Directory
How to implement NIST, ESAE and Red Forest Cybersecurity Principles in Active Directory
Smart companies are adopting NIST Cybersecurity and Microsoft’s ESAE (“Red Forest”) as models for protecting credentials, particularly those that reside in Active Directory. Download your complimentary copy of this white paper today to learn more.
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Active Directory Security Assessment
Datasheet
Active Directory Security Assessment
Active Directory Security Assessment
Identify, quantify and prioritize attack paths so you can secure Active Directory from every angle.
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