To filter for client operating systems only, such as windows 8 or windows 7, use only producttype1. After a few minutes, we figured out that the gpo wasnt being applied. Create wmi filter, for x32 or x64 bit machines, for use with a domain group policy. The wmi filter uses a query to determine if the policy applies to the machine. Earlier we have considered using wmi filters to apply the specific group policy only to the certain windows versions.
Windows management instrumentation wmi filters allow you to dynamically determine the scope of group policy objects gpos based on attributes of the target computer. Today im going to share with you a sing post about wmi filters on windows 7 and 10. Always test it out before applying this configuration to your existing environment. I was reading a thread on the microsoft group policy technet forum today. Armed with the proper registry key, which exists only if the group policy setting has been enabled. Give the new wmi filter a meaningful name and select add to open the wmi query dialog. This how to describes how to apply a wmi filter to a group policy in order to target a particular operating system.
Expand the wmi filters node, and click the desired filter. The wmi filters use a query to scope down the group policy object applicability. As far as group policy skills are concerned there is a two stage process, creating the filter with its wql query, then assigning, or wiring up the filter to the appropriate group policy object. Windows could not evaluate the windows management instrumentation wmi filter for the group policy object cn68d19165ba1a4956b6e5c9eb495a80fe,cnpolicies,cnsystem,dchvlp,dclocal. Use powershell to check for wmi dependencies on windows 7. Now we click on add on the queries section so as to add the wmi query language query we will use to filter to what operating systems the policy is applied to. The filter will now be listed in the wmi filters section of gpmc for use by other group policy objects.
In general terms i never recommend to use wmi filters with group policy object, and there are many reasons for this including when wmi database is corrupt the filter may deliver a inconsistent result servicedesk may not understand when a gpo should apply and not may slow down computer startups may slow down logon phases. Under computer settings in the printout, look for wmi access the gpo we created under the applied group policy objects. In this case, in the same way you have to create a wmi filter and change the query so that it contains the condition to check ip addresses. Updated list of os version queries for wmi filters.
The group policy spreadsheet is shown in the following image. The gist of it was that someone was trying to filter a domainlinked gpo by ou membershipin other words, either prevent or allow computers in a given ou to receive a domainlinked gpo, based solely on their ou membership. Wmi issues blocking group policy and windows updates. This could be caused by rsop being disabled or windows management instrumentation wmi service being disabled, stopped, or other. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 8. Wmi filters in group policy gpo allow you to more flexibly apply policies to clients by using different rules.
The ask the performance team has published a wmi code creator tool that allows queries your local wmi repository on your computer. A wmi filter consists of one or more queries, and if all queries evaluate to true then the gpo linked to the filter will be applied. You need to marry group policy skills with wmi knowledge. 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. In the wmi filters section in the right hand pane, click rightclick and select new. Restricting group policy with wmi filtering windows os hub. Theyre reported network performance issues for a number of years on and off but when they come onsite and sit in our it office, their issues are no longer present.
Select a gpo from the group policy objects, and click ok. So now you have applied a wmi filter to an existing gpo so that it will only. Group policy wmi filtering and group policy preferences. In the group policy console you create multiple wmi filters for for instance windows xp and windows 7. How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10. To apply the filter to a policy, select the policy in the right hand pane, then on the scope tab under wmi filtering select your filter. Windows management instrumentation wmi filters is another method that we can use to filter the group policy target. Evaluating ou membership using wmi filters sdm software. 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. Wmi filters on windows 7 and windows 10 case sensitive. These procedures were tested on windows 7 machines.
Wmi filters in group policy gpo allow you to more flexibly apply. The group policy will only be applied if the wmi filter assigned returns true. Information obtained from wmi can be used to create a condition where a specific action or setting may apply, including group policy object. If a client computer is running windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2, then the gpo does not take effect on this computer.
Using wmi filters to apply group policy to a target. In the active directory domain environment, you apply a windows management instrumentation wmi filter to a group policy object gpo. On a computer that has the group policy management feature installed, click start, click administrative tools, and then click group policy management. After you apply a wmi filter, the gpo does not take effect. Open up your group policy management application, expand your domain and at the bottom you should have a folder named wmi filters. For my other 2 queries, i use the same process but i want to have a windows xp and a windows 7 for managing my desktop pools with clearly targeted policies. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit or 32 bit operating system i needed to create a wmi filter for group policy that would separate 64 bit and 32 bit operating systems. When a gpo that is linked to a wmi filter is applied on the target computer, the filter is evaluated on the target computer.
Group policy wmi filters were introduced with windows xp, and are supported in windows server 2003, windows vista, and windows server 2008. Explains how to use wmi filters to asign gpos to specific users or computers. Fun with wmi filters in group policy ask the directory. Then give a name and description, click add then enter the filter into the query box. If it is listed there, it means that it is applied to the machine. First, you need parenthesis to enclose the or clause for the os version. 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. Wmi or windows management instrumentation is a set of standards from microsoft that provides user with information status of a windows. Below is a wmi filter which checks the free disk space on the c. Wmi or windows management instrumentation is a set of standards from microsoft that provides user with information status of a windows machine. Obviously for the laptops, you will need to create a new wmi filter by repeating the steps above. I want the group policy to apply to windows xp and windows 7 oss, but not server oss, such as server 2003, 2008. Wmi filtering your group policy is the answer for this. Expand the target domain, and locate the wmi filters node in the domains tree.
How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only wmi code used. 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. For example, using the wmi gpo filter, you can apply a policy linked to an ou only to computers running windows 10 a. These examples are tested on windows 2008 r2 and windows 7 and should. If you havent used windows management instrumentation wmi filters before, they show up in group policy management at the bottom, between group policy objects and starter gpos.
Now, wmi objects with windows vista or windows 7 only version number greater than or equal to 6. If the user account control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click continue. Group policy and wmi, a wonderful combination simple talk. The step by step to apply wmi filter is actually very simple. They are not supported in windows 2000, so if you have an all2000 environment youre out of luck 10 years is a long time to go without upgrading. Scan machine with vscope and enter isl\wmiuser as username and enter the correct password. Create wmi filters for the gpo windows 10 windows security. To create a wmi filter that seperates all the windows 7 machines, perform the following steps. Back to the windows 7 machine after applying the wmi filter. This could be caused by rsop being disabled or windows management instrumentation wmi service being disabled, stopped, or other wmi errors. In the name text box, type the name of the wmi filter. How to find and use wmi values for group policy filtering. This section contains all wmi filters in the ad domain.
Using 32 and 64 bit wmi filters for group policy petenetlive. To use the group policy wmi filter select a gpo in gpmc and you will be able to select the filter in the wmi filtering section at the bottom of the scope tab. To create a new wmi filter, open the group policy management console gpmc. Desktop os server os domain controllernondomain controller 32bit 64bit. To create a wmi filter that queries for a specified version of windows. Windows xp and windows 2003 may require different solutions.
Windows could not evaluate the windows management instrumentation wmi filter for the group policy object cn. Wmi is simple to use and demands little maintenance. Do this from the menu under the security filtering pane. Last week we had a number of issues reported from the final user group to come off win7 vdis onto our 2019 rdss. Im not great with wmi queries and spent as much time amending the query to work as a filter as i did writing it in the first place. Wmi queries the easy way, itemlevel targeting the much.
Wmi filter working for some windows 7 machines but not for others. I created this filter, and want to make sure that it looks correct. Applying wmi filter to group policy allows controlling the scope of policy. It allows you to browse all the wmi possibilities and search for property values of wmi classes. After selecting this wmi filter, the gpo will only apply to the computers that return true. Below are screenshots before wmi filter is applied, that shows w10 policy is applied on both windows 7 and windows 10 client computers. Always test your group policies and wmi filters before deploying. The wmi filter is a separate object from the gpo in the directory. Expand the tree until you find group policy objects and expand that too.
In the group policy management console, rightclick the wmi filters node and select new to open the new wmi filter dialog shown in the following image. Filtering group policy to windows 7 computers posted by tom basham september 11, 2009 8 comments on filtering group policy to windows 7 computers during the development work weve been doing with windows 7, one of the items weve been looking at is how we can filter the group policy applied to user accounts by the operating system they are. In the gpmc navigation pane, expand features, expand group policy management, expand forest. I have a group policy that needs to apply to windows 10 creators version 1703 build 15063 and higher, specifically cross domain drive mappings.
Here are some examples of what types of devices you need to filter for. I have tried applying it to a test gpo, but it fails on with a denied on the client oss. This week to solve a gpo issue related to networking connectivity loss affecting windows 10 workstations we deployed to different gpos for drive mapping. I am trying to create a wmi filter for windows 7 and xp. 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. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then click wmi filters. Assign a wmi filter to a group policy select the group policy object and in the right pane, in the wmi filtering section click the drop down menu and select the wmi filter you have just created.
Testing group policy gpo wmi filters ive only been working with wmi filters in the last year late developer but they are brilliant when they work. The scope of a group policy object gpo can be controlled with wmi filters, based on criteria such as operating system version or hardware specifications. Use a name that indicates the target group for example, windows server 2012. In the general tab of the filter configuration, rightclick in the gpo pane and select add. Im writing this how toas i recently learned how to solve a problem i was having with wanting to apply different gpos to machines of differing oses in the domain controllers ou oses were either server 2003 or server 2008 r2.
Now that youve saved this new wmi filter, you can go to your group policy object and on the scope tab at the bottom you use the drop down list to apply your new wmi filter to the policy. Im trying to use this wmi filter for our windows 7 64bit machines. In the new wmi filter dialog box, in name, type the name of the filter. The group policy spreadsheet for windows server 2008 r2 and windows 7 provides the registry setting to detect if the configure reliability wmi providers policy setting has been enabled. Active directory group policy and wmi filters beyondtrust. How to create a group policy with wmi filter for windows. Activate windows 7 esus on multiple devices with a mak. Wmi filter to target windows 7 and windows 10 devices.
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