How to Request Deployment of a GPO to the Production Environment

Editor accounts must submit a request for deployment of a Group Policy Object (GPO) to an Approver or Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) Administrator. 

  1. Log on to the Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) client with a user account that has been assigned the Editor role.
  2. In the Group Policy Management Console tree, click Change Control in the forest and domain in which you want to manage GPOs.
  3. In the details pane, click the Contents tab and then click the Controlled tab to display the controlled GPOs.
  4. Right-click on the GPO you want to deploy, and then click Deploy.

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  5. To receive a copy of the request, enter your email address in the CC: field.
  6. Type a comment to be displayed in the history of the GPO, and then click Submit.

    NOTE:If this is the first edit for a GPO, enter the OU where the GPO should be linked in the comments field.

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  7. When the AGPM Progress window indicates that overall progress is complete, click Close.

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  8. The GPO will be displayed in the list of GPOs on the Pending tab.

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