Blocking inheritance of GPOs on an OU

This recipe shows how to block inheritance of GPOs on an OU.

Getting ready

To block inheritance of GPOs on an OU, sign in to a system with the Group Policy Management feature installed with an account that is either of the following:

• A member of the Domain Admins group
• The current owner of the GPO
• Delegated the Edit settings or Edit settings, delete, modify security permission on the GPO

How to do it...

Perform the following steps:

1. Press Start.
2. Search for Group Policy Management and click its search result, or run gpmc.msc. The Group Policy Management window appears.
3. In the left navigation pane, expand the Forest node.
4. Expand the Domains node.
5. Expand the domain name.
6. Navigate to the OU where you want to configure inheritance.
7. Right-click the OU and select Block Inheritance from the menu.

How it works...

The Block Inheritance and Enforce settings are two ways to manage how...