
Create a new GPO object ( Cop圜orpApp) and link it to the OU that contains users’ computers. Open the Group Policy Management console ( gpmc.msc). You can create a group using this PowerShell cmdlet: New-ADGroup CorpAPPUsers -path 'OU=Groups,OU=DE,dc=woshub,DC=com' -GroupScope Global -PassThru –Verbose Add users to the group to whose desktop you want to automatically copy files through the GPO: Add-AdGroupMember -Identity CorpAPPUsers -Members asmith, bmuller, tweber Create a new Active Directory security group – CorpAPPUsers. Make sure that the Authenticated Users group has read permissions on this folder. I have placed the files to the Sysvol folder: \\\SYSVOL\\scripts\CorpApp. It may be a shared network folder on a dedicated file server or the SYSVOL directory on a domain controller (this folder is automatically replicated between all DCs in the domain using DFS, it is convenient to use it since it helps to reduce the load on the WAN links). However, there is quite a simple and easy graphical method of copying files or folder with the Group Policy Preferences.įirst of all, create a shared folder to keep source files to be copied to user computers.
You can automate copying files to domain computers using GPO logon scripts (by xcopy, robocopy, etc.).