Group Policy Object Editor

Group Policy Object Editor

The Group policy Object Editor is a tool which hosts MMC extension snap-ins that manage Policy settings. All functionality are provided by extension snap-ins.

Administrators manage policy settings using the Group policy Object Editor. The Group Policy Object Editor extends other administrative tools such as the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in And the Active Directory Site and Services Manager snap-in.

All policy settings created by the Group policy Object Editor is stored in a GPO. The policy settings you provide with the Group policy Object Editor does not take effect until the system applies policy.

For more information, see the following topics:

• About the MMC Extension snap-in Model
• Group Policy Object Editor Namespace
• Extensions to the Group Policy Object Editor
• Client-side Extensions to Group Policy

Be aware this earlier versions of the Platform software development Kit (SDK) referred to the Group Policy snap-in. For computers running on Windows Server 2003 and later operating systems, the snap-in have been renamed to Group Policy OBJ ECT Editor.

Group Policy Object Editor