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You can also add GPOs for other domain partitions (specifically, Organizational Units). To do this, click Browse when you are prompted to select a Group Policy Object (GPO). Add the Group Policy snap-in for the default domain policy.
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On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in. Start the Microsoft Management Console.To make changes to this policy for one of the seven default values: You can add other restrictions by modifying the System.adm file for the default domain policy or any custom Group Policy Object (GPO). There are seven default options for restricting access to drives. However, it may be necessary to hide only certain drive but retain access to others. Now, whenever a user logs on to any of the targeted computers, the new network drive will be shown in their file explorer.With Group Policy Objects in Windows, there is a "Hide these specified drives in My Computer" option that lets you hide specific drives. Alternatively, you can go to Group Policy Management, right-click the target OU, and then click Group Policy Update.
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To apply the policy, either reboot the target computers or run gpupdate /force on them.
#MAPPED DRIVE GPO HOW TO#
The screenshot below shows how to select Organizational Unit and then choose the specific users or computers in that OU. Click New Item and select the type of item that you want to apply the new shared drive mapping policy to. If you enable item-level targeting, click the Targeting button to open the Targeting Editor. For example you could apply a drive mapping only to a certain OU and the users and computers in it, or only to a certain IP address range. Item-level targeting allows you to apply drive mappings in a very flexible way.
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#MAPPED DRIVE GPO UPDATE#
#MAPPED DRIVE GPO WINDOWS#
Right-click the new Group Policy object and go to User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings -> Drive Maps. You can also select an option – create a GPO in this domain and link it here, after that use item-level targeting option which will be described below. Then link it to an OU that contains user accounts because Group Policy drive mapping is a user configuration preference. On a Microsoft Windows Server with the Active Directory role installed, open the Group Policy Management Here is a step-by-step guide for Group Policy drive mapping: