If a GPO is not the Winning GPO does none or part of the GPO get applied

group-policy

I am reviewing some gpresults settings and it shows the Winning GPO as a server configured GPO. If another GPO has already won and a second GPO tries to set a conflicting settings does the second GPO fail entirely or does it partially apply.

For example:
GPO1 (Winning)

  • Use Large Icons: Yes
  • Clear recent documents list: No

GPO2

  • Use Large Icons: No
  • Sort All Programs menu by name: No

Will the "Sort all programs menu by name" be applied or will it not be applied since it is not the winning GPO.

Best Answer

Yes it will be applied. The Winning is relevant to identical settings being applied by each GPO. The Winning GPO has precedence and will have it's settings applied. If another GPO configures other settings (not in common with the Winning GPO) then it will have those settings set.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/musings_of_a_technical_tam/archive/2012/02/15/understanding-the-structure-of-a-group-policy-object-part-2.aspx

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