1.1.7.1 Triggering Group Policy Application

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Certain events that occur trigger the application of Group Policy, at which time the core Group Policy engine is invoked to initiate the application process. The following events trigger the application of Group Policy in computer policy mode and user policy mode.

Computer policy mode: The following events trigger the application of Group Policy to the Group Policy client computer:

  • Computer startup

  • Computer shutdown

  • Periodic refresh timer

User policy mode: The following events trigger the application of Group Policy to the user on the Group Policy client computer:

  • User logon

  • User logoff

  • Periodic refresh timer

Note The periodic refresh timer can be superseded to apply Group Policy at any time, as described in section 2.8.2.

The application of Group Policy in either computer policy mode or user policy mode involves the application of both Administrative template settings and extension settings. However, before this can occur, it is necessary to discover the domain controller that contains the GPOs that apply to the policy targets, as described in the following sections.