Get-GPO

Reference

Module:: GroupPolicy

Gets one GPO or all the GPOs in a ___domain.

Syntax

Get-GPO
   [-Guid] <Guid>
   [[-Domain] <String>]
   [[-Server] <String>]
   [-All]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-GPO
   [-Name] <String>
   [[-Domain] <String>]
   [[-Server] <String>]
   [-All]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-GPO
   [[-Domain] <String>]
   [[-Server] <String>]
   [-All]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-GPO cmdlet gets one Group Policy Object (GPO) or all the GPOs in a ___domain. You can specify a GPO by its display name or by its globally unique identifier (GUID) to get a single GPO, or you can get all the GPOs in the ___domain through the All parameter.

This cmdlet returns one or more objects that represent the requested GPOs. By default, properties of the requested GPOs are printed to the display; however, you can also pipe the output of the Get-GPO cmdlet to other Group Policy cmdlets.

Examples

Example 1: Get a single GPO from a ___domain

Get-GPO -Name "Group Policy Test"

DisplayName      : Group Policy Test
DomainName       : contoso.com
Owner            : CONTOSO\Domain Admins
Id               : 31a09564-cd4a-4520-98fa-446a2af23b4b
GpoStatus        : AllSettingsEnabled
Description      :
CreationTime     : 2/26/2009 12:15:42 AM
ModificationTime : 2/26/2009 12:15:42 AM
UserVersion      : AD Version: 0, SysVol Version: 0
ComputerVersion  : AD Version: 0, SysVol Version: 0
WmiFilter        :

Example 2: Get a single GPO by GUID

This command gets the GPO named Group Policy Test. The GPO must exist in the ___domain of the user that is running the session (or, for startup and shutdown scripts, the computer). The command gets the GPO information by contacting the primary ___domain controller (PDC).

Get-GPO -Guid 31a09564-cd4a-4520-98fa-446a2af23b4b -Domain "sales.contoso.com"

DisplayName      : Group Policy Test
DomainName       : sales.contoso.com
Owner            : SALES\Domain Admins
Id               : 31a09564-cd4a-4520-98fa-446a2af23b4b
GpoStatus        : AllSettingsEnabled
Description      :
CreationTime     : 2/26/2009 12:15:42 AM
ModificationTime : 2/26/2009 12:15:42 AM
UserVersion      : AD Version: 0, SysVol Version: 0
ComputerVersion  : AD Version: 0, SysVol Version: 0
WmiFilter        :

This command gets the GPO that has the ID (GUID) 331a09564-cd4a-4520-98fa-446a2af23b4b in the sales.contoso.com ___domain. If the ___domain of the user that is running the session (or, for startup and shutdown scripts, the computer) is different that sales.contoso.com, a trust must exist between the two domains. The command retrieves the GPO information by contacting the PDC (in the sales.contoso.com ___domain).

Example 3: Get all GPOs from a ___domain

Get-GPO -All -Domain "sales.contoso.com"

This command get all the GPOs in the sales.contoso.com ___domain.

Parameters

-All

Indicates that the cmdlet gets all the GPOs in the ___domain.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Domain

Specifies the ___domain for this cmdlet. You must specify the fully qualified ___domain name (FQDN) of the ___domain.

For the Get-GPO cmdlet, the GPO (or GPOs) to that this cmdlet gets must exist in this ___domain.

If you do not specify the Domain parameter, the ___domain of the user that is running the current session is used. If the cmdlet is being run from a computer startup or shutdown script, the ___domain of the computer is used. For more information, see the Notes section in the full Help.

If you specify a ___domain that is different from the ___domain of the user that is running the current session (or, for a startup or shutdown script, the computer), a trust must exist between that ___domain and the ___domain of the user or the computer.

You can also refer to the Domain parameter by its built-in alias, DomainName. For more information, see about_Aliases.

Type:	String
Aliases:	DomainName
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Guid

Specifies the GPO to retrieve by its globally unique identifier (GUID). The GUID uniquely identifies the GPO.

You can also refer to the Guid parameter by its built-in alias, Id.

Type:	Guid
Aliases:	Id
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Name

Specifies the GPO to retrieve by its display name.

The display name is not guaranteed to be unique in the ___domain. If another GPO with the same display name exists in the ___domain an error occurs. You can use the Guid parameter to uniquely identify a GPO.

You can also refer to the Name parameter by its built-in alias, DisplayName.

Type:	String
Aliases:	DisplayName
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Server

Specifies the name of the ___domain controller that this cmdlet contacts to complete the operation. You can specify either the fully qualified ___domain name (FQDN) or the host name.

If you do not specify the name by using the Server parameter, the primary ___domain controller (PDC) emulator is contacted.

You can also refer to the Server parameter by its built-in alias, DC.

Type:	String
Aliases:	DC
Position:	2
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Inputs

Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Gpo

You can pipe a GPO for which to get information to this cmdlet. You can pipe GPO objects into this cmdlet to display information about the GPOs. Collections that contain GPOs from different domains are not supported.

Outputs