4.8 GPO Property Update Message

In this example the displayName attribute of the GPO with DN of "CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=test,DC=contoso,DC=com" is being updated.

Parameter

Value

entry

 CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=test,DC=contoso,DC=com

attributes

Attribute name and value for this message:

 displayName: Finance Department GPO

If there is an update to the security descriptor of the GPO, that update needs to be propagated to the Group Policy server SYSVOL share. In this example, the name of the Group Policy server is GPSvr1.test.contoso.com

The following operation is involved to update the security descriptor of the GPO on the SYSVOL share:

Modify the security descriptor on the directory to the value of the nTSecurityDescriptor GPO attribute using an implementation-specific method.