Using wmi filter with gpo to only apply to specific ou. How to create group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only. If the wmi filter evaluates to false, the gpo is not applied except if the client computer is running windows 2000, in which case the filter is ignored and the gpo is always applied. How to scope group policy with wmi filters 4sysops. Direct access automatic gpo configuration sets outdated. The wmi filters use a query to scope down the application of the group policy object applicability. Gpo wmi filter to apply to versions of office older than. As an example, i have created a wmi query to filter out windows 10 operating system runs 32bit version. I have a challenge where i want to use a gpo to set a power plan. Adding wmi query give appropriate name and description to the wmi filter, in this example the filter name is global 10. To have a wmi filter that matches windows 7 or later including windows 10 then you need to use the following wmi filter.
What i was looking for was a returned value that was not 12. This week to solve a gpo issue related to networking connectivity loss affecting windows 10 workstations we deployed to different gpos for drive mapping. Once this is done we can import the grouppolicy powershell module that is installed on windows 2008 domain controllers when promoted and look at the available commands we get from the module. Wmi filters in group policy gpo allow you to more flexibly apply policies to clients by using different rules. Group policy folder redirection not working spiceworks. Wmi filters are ignored on earlier versions of windows.
Windows 10 create a wmi filter for group policy petenetlive. Script to create, import and export group policy wmi filters. Digging into group policy wmi filters and managing them. To provide a mechanism to migrate wmi filters between dev, test, qa and prod. This powershell script will create, import and export group policy wmi filters.
In order to be able to filter policies you will need at least one domain controller running windows server 2003 in your environment. As the name implies, wmi filters allow you to filter the effects of a gpo based on queries that execute against the wmi repository on a given client machine server or workstation. Obviously for the laptops, you will need to create a new wmi filter by repeating the steps above. Given this, you have to reverse the logic of your second filter so that it doesnt return anything when ran against a server. Next, rightclick wmi filters and select new from the shortcut menu. Wmi filters only apply on windows xp and winsows server 2003 computers.
Using the microsoft wmi code creator, i was able to test the wmi filter and see the return values. To document existing wmi filters for health checks and audits. Using a group policy filter, ill be able to apply a group policy to windows 10 machines only and exclude windows server or windows 7 and 8. Windows management instrumentation wmi filters is another.
Technically, you have created a separate object from the gpo in the directory. There wmi filters may also come handy since there are group policy settings that only applies to one or two builds. Single wmi filter can attach to many gpo buy a gpo only can have single wmi filter attached. Check the policy settings in the registry are actually not getting set from the gpo manually check for yourself and not just trust the false reading. How to find and use wmi values for group policy filtering. The following query returns true for any computer running windows 2000, windows xp, or windows server 2003, and false for any other version of windows. This too can be useful if you want to find the wmi values to use with a wql query filter for your group policy objects gpo. Every now and then during windows 10 deployments we need to use wmi filters for group policy objects, there are simply no better way of doing this, without a lot of work. You can validate that the wmi filter worked correctly by running a group policy results report on a windows 10 pc that would receive the policy. Hello, been trying to figure out how to set a wmi filter to so applies a gpo to both windows 7 and windows 10 devices, but leaving servers alone. Always test your group policies and wmi filters before deploying. Now find the policy that you want to apply the filter to and look for the section at the bottom that says wmi filtering.
Why arent my gpo wmi filters applying when downloading. Wmi filter to target windows 7 and windows 10 devices. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then click wmi filters. I was messing around with some gpos for client today to replace edge as the default browser, with ie11.
Direct access automatic gpo configuration sets outdated and. To create a default set of gpo wmi filters for new builds. The odd thing here is that, although the direct access server runs on windows server 2012 r2, it configures wmi filters for windows 8 and windows 7, and not windows 8. For example, using the wmi gpo filter, you can apply a policy linked to an ou only to computers running windows 10 a policy with such a wmi filter wont apply to computers with other windows versions. If it doesnt return anything, then it doesnt apply the policy. Create the wmi filter on group policy management console, right click wmi filters and select new 2. If its match the wmi query it will process the group policy and if its false it will.
Wmi filters on windows 7 and windows 10 case sensitive. Study 126 terms active directory ch06 flashcards quizlet. Using wmi filter with gpo to only apply to specific ou ive got a group policy that adds printers during logon which ive put under students so each time a student logs on it maps the printers. The ask the performance team has published a wmi code creator tool that allows queries your local wmi repository on your computer. To create a wmi filter that queries for a specified version of windows. As you can see, thats a pretty long filter, one which is going to take some time to enumerate on a client. By clicking on add button we can define the namespace and wmi query. Security group membership when group policy was applied. Wse group policy wmi filter the user is a part of the following security groups domain users everyone builtin\administrators builtin\backup operators builtin\users certificate service dcom access builtin\pre windows. However, the gpo for clients is configured with a wmi filter, so that if the rules. Now you will have some wmi filters we can use as base in our group policy objects, do remember that we can have several filters linked to a single gpo.
Click the drop down box and select your new windows 10 wmi filter. Repairing the directaccess group policy wmi filters. On my win 10 clients when running gpupdate force and then gpresult h this wmi filter does not appear, all of the others do whether they apply to that client os or not labelled true false accordingly. It will open up the new window where we can define the wmi query. If the wmi filter would return a result, then it applies the policy. Windows server 2008 enterprise windows server 2008 r2 enterprise windows server 2008 r2 service pack 1 windows server 2008 r2 standard windows server 2008 service pack 2 windows server 2008 standard more.
Using 32 and 64 bit wmi filters for group policy petenetlive. Would there be any reason this wmi filter wouldnt work. Before this used to be simple enough, you just set the windows version in a wmi query. For filtering laptops in a wmi query there are several different approaches to find out if a system is a laptop or not.
Wmi filtering based on computer type desktop laptop. As you can see below in my example the same wmi filter as above is evaluating as false on my windows 10 computer called win10. Create wmi filters for the gpo windows 10 windows security. A wmi filter consists a query that is checked against the wmi data on the target machine, the answer is always true or false. On a computer that has the group policy management feature installed, click start, click administrative tools, and then click group policy management. For example, using the wmi gpo filter, you can apply a policy linked to an ou only to computers running windows 10 a. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 8. Solved group policy not applying with a wmi filter. To make the whole process more efficient, i wanted to use a wmi filter toapply the policy only to windows 10 machines.
After a few minutes, we figured out that the gpo wasnt being applied. If the wmi filter evaluates to false, the gpo is not applied except if the client computer is running windows 2000, in which case the filter. A suggested way found on the internet is following wmi query. How to apply wmi filter to windows 10 or windows server 2016. To build your first wmi filter, fire up the group policy management console and expand your domain to expose the wmi filters container. So i thought the wmi filter would be along the lines of. Wmi is simple to use and demands little maintenance. Use this procedure to create the wmi filters that are used to restrict the application of a gpo to the computers in the membership group that are running the version of windows. Using filter instead of where is a classic case of when you find a good technique, look for an even better modus operandi. After that, click add button to start adding wmi query. Windows 10 thread, directaccess windows10 education wmi update in technical. Also have you checked the gpo is actually not applying.
If the wmi filter evaluates to true, the gpo is applied. A wmi filter is a set of wmi queries the wmi query language wql is used that you can use to target computers to which a specific group policy should be applied. When a gpo that is linked to a wmi filter is applied on the target computer, the filter is evaluated on the target computer. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp. Today im going to share with you a sing post about wmi filters on windows 7 and 10. Identify the issue with the wmi filter, is the filter working as expected. I wrote this script to cover a number of different scenarios. Einfache administration durch wmifilter miriamxyra. Im using the following wmi filtering on some computers that are windows 7 and in group policy results wizard it is coming back with false wmi filter. Group policy with wmi filters can be denied or cause slow logonboot. Restricting group policy with wmi filtering windows os hub. To create wmi filter, open gpmc, right click on wmi filter and click new.