GPO Strategy¶

Purpose¶

Group Policy will enforce baseline configuration, security settings and user experience standards.

Design rules¶

Avoid one large monolithic GPO.
Create small purpose-driven GPOs.
Use clear naming.
Test GPOs before broad deployment.
Back up GPOs before major changes.

Initial GPO naming¶

GPO	Purpose
`GPO-CORP-Baseline-Computer`	Computer baseline
`GPO-CORP-Baseline-User`	User baseline
`GPO-CORP-Windows-Firewall`	Windows firewall settings
`GPO-CORP-Defender-Baseline`	Microsoft Defender settings
`GPO-CORP-LAPS`	Microsoft LAPS settings
`GPO-HQ-Drive-Mapping`	Drive mappings for HQ

Processing diagram¶

flowchart TD
    Site --> Domain
    Domain --> OU
    OU --> SecurityFiltering[Security Filtering]
    SecurityFiltering --> Client[Client Applies Policy]