Summary

There are numerous angles to consider when discussing troubleshooting inside Group Policy. Most of the time troubleshooting is specific to a client or a group of users, as you investigate settings gone askew or GPOs who aren't playing nicely with your workstations. To that end, we explored a number of common troubleshooting tools and procedures, including various ways to look at RSOP data. Another form of troubleshooting comes into play when inspecting server-side, or infrastructure, issues. GPO version numbers can help validate successful synchronization and replication among Domain Controllers, as can tools buried inside GPMC. We also talked about the importance of understanding those underlying replication technologies, and external variables that may affect client behavior, such as slow-link detection. Finally, we took a look at two intelligent, but often overlooked...