Group Policy Precedences

In this lesson, we will explain Group Policy Precedence.

Now, precedence means the order or the way things are done. With Group Policy there’s a specific order in which GPO or Group Policy settings are applied. It is important to understand this since from time to time you’ll have multiple GPOs trying to configure the same setting and you need to understand the precedence in order to understand which settings will be applied and which settings will be ignored.

Now, the order in which GPO runs is the following:

Now we have to consider Computer vs. User. Within a GPO you have a Computer and a User configuration. The Computer Configuration applies first and the configuration of a User applies second. The settings applied last will win.

The Computer configuration is the least important and the User configuration is the most important.

Now let’s take a Wallpaper scenario. Let’s say we have 5 GPOs that are configuring the same Wallpaper settings with different images. Which GPO will win?

Let’s remember the LSDOE acronym (Local, Site, Domain, OU, Enforced).

1. LOCAL

In this scenario, the Local is applied since nothing else is configured.

2. SITE

In a Site scenario, Site Policy takes precedence over Local Policy so the last one will win.

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