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Step-by-Step Guide for Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0 This step-by-step guide demonstrates advanced techniques for Group Policy management that
use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) and Microsoft Advanced Group Policy
Management (AGPM). AGPM increases the capabilities of the GPMC, providing:
Standard roles for delegating permissions to manage Group Policy objects (GPOs) to
multiple Group Policy administrators, in addition to the ability to delegate access to GPOs in
the production environment.
An archive to enable Group Policy administrators to create and modify GPOs offline before
the GPOs are deployed into a production environment.
The ability to roll back to any earlier version of a GPO in the archive and to limit the number
of versions stored in the archive.
Check-in and check-out capability for GPOs to make sure that Group Policy administrators do
not unintentionally overwrite each other's work.
The ability to search for GPOs with specific attributes and to filter the list of GPOs displayed.
AGPM scenario overview For this scenario, you will use a separate user account for each role in AGPM to demonstrate
how Group Policy can be managed in an environment that has multiple Group Policy
administrators who have different levels of permissions. Specifically, you will perform the
following tasks:
Using an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group, install AGPM Server and
assign the AGPM Administrator role to an account or group.
Using accounts to which you will assign AGPM roles, install AGPM Client.
Using an account that has the AGPM Administrator role, configure AGPM and delegate
access to GPOs by assigning roles to other accounts.
From an account that has the Editor role, request that a new GPO be created that you then
approve by using an account that has the Approver role. Use the Editor account to check the
GPO out of the archive, edit the GPO, check the GPO into the archive, and then request
deployment.
Using an account that has the Approver role, review the GPO and deploy it to your production
environment.
Using an account that has the Editor role, create a GPO template and use it as a starting
point to create a new GPO.
Using an account that has the Approver role, delete and restore a GPO.