Domain Group Policy Vs Local Group Policy

Compliance scans local policy vs domain group policy im using the glba os audit compliance scan.

Domain group policy vs local group policy. You can set whatever you want as long as no domain policy sets the same thing. Essentially it s the lowest precedence location in which policies can be applied. In short you can do a lot with group policy. This means that their settings apply to the system but are overridden by a setting from a linked domain gpo at any level.

Local policies apply first. Gpos are processed in the following order. Domain group policy is maintained by a server for the domain. Create your group policy object following your naming scheme but ensure it is not linked anywhere.

Audit account logon events audit logon events audit object access audit process tracking audit the use of backup and restore privilege however i have confirmed that these audit events are turned on. By default group policy is inherited and cumulative and it affects all computers and users in an active directory container. Local group policy is for users who will log in physically to one particular machine. Which means that local group policy is applied first and has the lowest precedence which means that when there is a policy setting conflict a policy setting configured in more than one policy local group policy will be over ridden by site linked policies domain linked policies and organizational unit linked policies.

By creating group policy objects gpos you can deliver settings enforce security restrict software deploy applications and assign printers and network drives. Gpos linked to sites are applied. The local gpo is applied. Remember you want to delegate access away from the default domain admins group.

Domain based group policy domain based group policy objects are far more common in organizations mostly because setting up a new domain creates a default domain policy at the root of that. When linking gpos to your sites groups and a local group policy exists with the same setting site based gpos will overwrite any local gpo settings. Gpos linked to domains are applied. The audit events are coming back as failed.

An unique id and password will authenticate the user for the local system.