3.3.4.3 SOM Property Update

The scope of management (SOM) property update occurs whenever an administrator uses a Group Policy extension's Policy Administration protocol to change Group Policy properties on an SOM. This triggers an SOM Property Update Message (section 2.2.8.4).

Parameters to the SOM Property Update event are:

Parameter

Description

SOM DN for the SOM being updated

The DN for the object defining the scope of management to be updated.

attribute name

A string representing the attribute on the object referenced by the SOM DN. For example, "gpOptions".

attribute value

The value to be used to update the attribute named in the attribute name parameter. The data type of the attribute value depends on the data type of the attribute on the object referenced by the SOM DN. For example, the attribute "gpOptions" is defined as an integer.