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Imports the Group Policy settings from a backed-up GPO into a specified GPO.
Import-GPO [-CreateIfNeeded [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Domain <String>] [-MigrationTable <String>] [-Server <String>] [-TargetGuid <Guid>]
[-TargetName <String>] -BackupId <Guid> -Path <String> [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]
Import-GPO [-CreateIfNeeded [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Domain <String>] [-MigrationTable <String>] [-Server <String>] [-TargetGuid <Guid>]
[-TargetName <String>] -BackupGpoName <String> -Path <String> [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]
The Import-GPO cmdlet imports the settings from a GPO backup into a specified target GPO. The target GPO can be in a different domain or
forest than that from which the backup was made and it does not have to exist prior to the operation.
Use the Path parameter to specify the location of the backup and then use the BackupGpoName parameter to specify the GPO name of the backup to
use, or the BackupId parameter to specify the backup ID (GUID) of the backup to use.
Note that if you specify a GPO name, the cmdlet imports the most recent backup. To import an earlier version of a GPO backup, you must use the
BackupID parameter to specify the unique backup ID for the particular version. This is the GUID that uniquely identifies the backup within its
backup directory.
Use the TargetName parameter or the TargetGuid parameter to specify the target GPO into which the settings should be imported. Use the
optional MigrationTable parameter to map security principals and UNC paths across domains. Use the CreateIfNeeded parameter to create a new
GPO if the specified target GPO does not exist.
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-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
C:\PS>import-gpo -BackupGpoName TestGPO -TargetName TestGPO -path c:\backups
DisplayName : TestGPO
DomainName : contoso.com
Owner : CONTOSO\Domain Admins
Id : 87d38d82-cc2d-4bf7-ad9f-4083a60316eb
GpoStatus : AllSettingsEnabled
Description :
CreationTime : 3/3/2009 1:03:28 PM
ModificationTime : 3/6/2009 5:03:29 PM
UserVersion : AD Version: 9, SysVol Version: 9
ComputerVersion : AD Version: 5, SysVol Version: 5
WmiFilter :
Description
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This command imports the settings from the most recent backup of the GPO named TestGPO in the c:\backups directory into a GPO of the same name
in the current domain. If a GPO named TestGPO does not exist in the current domain, the command fails because the CreateIfNeeded parameter is
not specified.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
C:\PS>import-gpo -BackupId A491D730-F3ED-464C-B8C9-F50562C536AA -TargetName TestGPO -path c:\backups -CreateIfNeeded
DisplayName : TestGPO
DomainName : contoso.com
Owner : CONTOSO\Domain Admins
Id : 87d38d82-cc2d-4bf7-ad9f-4083a60316eb
GpoStatus : AllSettingsEnabled
Description :
CreationTime : 3/3/2009 1:03:28 PM
ModificationTime : 3/6/2009 5:11:49 PM
UserVersion : AD Version: 10, SysVol Version: 10
ComputerVersion : AD Version: 6, SysVol Version: 6
WmiFilter :
Description
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This command imports the settings from the specified backup in the c:\backups directory into a GPO that is named TestGPO in the current
domain. The BackupId parameter is used to specify the GUID of the GPO backup to use. Because the CreateIfNeeded parameter is specified, if a
GPO named TestGPO does not exist in the current domain, one is created before the settings are imported.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------
C:\PS>Import-GPO -BackupGpoName TestGPO -Path D:\Backups -TargetName NewTestGPO -MigrationTable D:\Tables\Migtable1.mitable -CreateIfNeeded
DisplayName : NewTestGPO
DomainName : contoso.com
Owner : CONTOSO\Domain Admins
Id : 87d38d82-cc2d-4bf7-ad9f-4083a60316eb
GpoStatus : AllSettingsEnabled
Description :
CreationTime : 3/3/2009 1:03:28 PM
ModificationTime : 3/6/2009 5:11:49 PM
UserVersion : AD Version: 1, SysVol Version: 1
ComputerVersion : AD Version: 1, SysVol Version: 1
WmiFilter :
Description
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This command imports the settings from the most recent backup of the GPO named TestGPO from the d:\backups directory to a GPO named NewTestGPO
in the current domain. The specified migration table is used to migrate security principals and UNC paths to the new GPO. Because the
CreateIfNeeded parameter is specified, the GPO is created if it does not already exist.