Lab scenario.
Troubleshooting Group Policy.
Infrastructure.
After configuring settings for the research department in computers in the conference rooms, you want
to make sure that all settings apply as intended.
You want to do this by creating our soap reports from both group policy management console and a client.
You do not have access to a computer in the conference rooms, so you have to simulate how settings
will apply by using group policy modeling analyses.
You want to investigate what events are stored in event viewer regarding group policy.
After some time, you receive a helpdesk ticket opened by a user.
The issue is that the screen saver settings that was applied is not the correct settings for the user.
You have to investigate the issue and make sure that the correct settings apply to the user.
Exercise one Verifying GPO application after configuring settings for the research department in computers
in the conference rooms to make sure that all settings apply as intended, you need to create are soapy
reports from both group policy management console and a client.
You do not have access to a computer in the conference rooms, so you have to simulate how settings
will apply by using group policy modeling analyses.
You also need to investigate what events are stored in event viewer regarding group policy exercise
too.
Troubleshooting GPOs A user has opened a helpdesk ticket because the screen saver settings do not apply
as intended.
You have to investigate the issue and make sure that the correct settings apply to the user.
You must resolve the reported GPO application problem the Tier one helpdesk staff could not resolve.
Incident Record incident reference number 604531.
Date of call.
Time of call.
User status.
July 15th.
1002.
Connie Vaughan.
Open incident details.
A user reports that the research configuration does not apply to or any more additional information.
A user reports that suddenly she has a fixed time of 10 minutes before her screen saver activates because
of an application that the research department uses.
She is unable to complete her work plan of Action Resolution Exercise one scenario.
After configuring settings for the research department and computers in the conference rooms to make
sure that all settings apply as intended.
You need to create are soapy reports from both group policy management console and a client.
You do not have access to a computer in the conference rooms, so you have to simulate how settings
will apply by using group policy modeling analyses.
You also need to investigate what events are stored in event viewer regarding group policy.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows.
One.
Perform our soapie analysis to analyze our soapie with a result.
Three.
Evaluate your results by using group policy modelling wizard for Review Policy Events.
Task one.
Perform our soapy analysis one on l0 and cl1.
Verify that you are still signed in as a and backslash kani if necessary, use the password to open
a command prompt.
Three.
Run the pup date slash force command four.
After the command has completed.
Make a note of the current system time which you will need to know for a task later in this lab time.
Five Restart l0 and seal one and then wait for it to restart before proceeding with the next task.
Six on ELO and DC one.
Switch to Group Policy Management Console seven.
Use Group Policy Results Wizard to run an R CLP report for KANI on ELO.
NCL one eight Review Summary results for both user and computer configuration identified the time of
the last policy refresh and the list of allowed and deny GPOs identify the components that were used
to process policy settings.
Nine.
Click the details tab.
Review the settings that were applied during user and computer policy application and then identify
the GPO from which the settings were obtained.
Ten.
Click the Policy Events tab and then locate the event that logs the policy refresh that you triggered
with the update command.
11.
Click the summary tab.
Right.
Click the page and then choose save.
Report.
Save the report as an HTML file on your desktop.
Then open the soap report in Internet Explorer from the desktop.
Task to analyze are soapy with result.
One sign in to Ello and seal.
One as a data and backslash kani with the password to add a command prompt.
Run the presold slash or command our soap.
Summary results are displayed.
The information is very similar to the summary tab of the RCP report that was produced by Group Policy
Results Wizard.
Three At the command prompt type results slash be more and then press enter a more detailed r soap report
is produced.
Notice that many of the group policy settings that were applied by the client are listed in this report.
Four at the command prompt type results slash z more and then press enter.
The most detailed ah soapy report is produced.
Five at the command.
Prompt type GP results slash H.
Percent User Profile.
Percent backslash desktop backslash r-sport h.
HTML and then press enter.
And our soapy report is saved as an HTML file to your desktop six.
Open the saved our soap report from your desktop.
Compare the report, its information and its formatting with the hour soap report that you saved in
the previous task.
Seven Sign out of Ello and seal one You Task three Evaluate GPL results by using group policy modeling
Wizard one on low and DC one in group policy management console Open Group Policy Modeling Wizard to
select a data and backslash Connie as the user and l0 and cl1 is the computer for modeling three When
prompted, select the loopback processing checkbox and then click merge.
Even though the conference room settings GPO specifies loopback processing, you must instruct group
policy modeling wizard to include loopback processing in its simulation for when prompted on the alternate
Active Directory paths page.
Select the conference rooms location.
You are simulating the effect of L0 and cl1 as a conference room computer.
Five.
Accept all other options as defaults six on the summary tab.
Scroll to and if necessary, expand user details, expand group policy objects and then expand apply
GPOs.
Seven Check whether the conference room settings GPO applies to Karni as a user policy when she signs
into ELO NCL one.
If ELO NCL one is in the conference rooms 0u8, scroll two and if necessary, expand user details.
Backslash Policies backslash administrative templates backslash control panel backslash personalization.
Nine confirmed that the screen saver time timeout is 7200 seconds 2 hours.
The setting configured by the conference room settings GPO that overrides the ten minute standard configured
by the A Datum Standards GPO task for review policy events.
One.
Switch to ELO NCL one.
Sign in as a datum backslash administrator with the password to open event viewer.
Three.
Go to the system log located under Windows Logs and sort events by the source column for locate event
1500 1501 1502 or 1503 with group policy as the source and review the information that is associated
with group policy events.
Five in the console tree.
Go to the operational log located under applications and services logs backslash.
Microsoft backslash.
Windows backslash.
Group Policy six Locate the first event related to the group policy refresh that you initiated in the
first exercise with the update command review that event and the events that followed it.
Seven Sign out of Ello and SEAL one results.
After completing this exercise, you should have used the RCP tool successfully to verify the correct
application of your.
GPOs examined group policy events and verified the health of the group policy infrastructure exercise
scenario.
A user has opened a helpdesk ticket because the screen saver settings do not apply as intended.
You have to investigate the issue and make sure that the correct settings apply to the user.
You must resolve the reported GPL application problem the Tier one helpdesk staff could not resolve.
Incident Record incident reference number 604531 Date of call July 15th time of call 1002 User Connie
Vaughan.
Status Open Incident Details.
A user reports that the research configuration does not apply to or any more additional information.
A user reports that suddenly she has a fixed time of 10 minutes before her screen saver activates because
of an application that the research department uses.
She is unable to complete her work plan of action.
Resolution.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows.
One.
Read the helpdesk incident record and simulate the problem to update the Plan of Action section of the
Incident record.
Three.
Troubleshoot and resolve the problem.
Four.
Prepare for the next module.
Task one Read the helpdesk incident record and simulate the problem.
One Read Helpdesk Incident.
Record 604531 in the exercise scenario two on L1 DC one Run the E colon backslash lab files backslash
mod zero five backslash mod 05-1.1 Windows PowerShell Script Task to update the Plan of Action section
of the Incident Record.
One Read the additional information section of the incident record above.
To update the Plan of Action section of the incident record above with your recommendations.
Task three Troubleshoot and resolve the problem one on yellow and seal one sign in as a datum backslash
kani with the password par 55 w dot Ardi to open control panel.
Three.
In Control Panel Click Change Screen Saver.
For verify that weight is dimmed and has a value of 10 minutes.
Five sign out of elo ncl one six Using your knowledge of Windows Server, GPOs and the tools available
for troubleshooting GPOs attempt to resolve the problem.
Seven.
Update the resolution section of the incident.
Record eight.
If you are unable to resolve the problem escalated by asking your instructor for additional guidance.
Note You have resolved the issue when Connie Vaughan's screensaver is not locked to 10 minutes results.
After completing this exercise, you will have resolved the GPO application problem.