The Windows PowerShell command-line and scripting language can be used to automate many Group Policy tasks, including configuring registry-based policy settings and various Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) tasks. To help you perform these tasks, the Group Policy module for Windows PowerShell provides the cmdlets covered in the following sections:
NOTE:If you are running GPA on a 64‑bit platform, you need to run PowerShell commands using a 32‑bit command prompt window. On a 64‑bit computer, you can access the 32‑bit command prompt window from the %WINDIR%\SysWOW64 folder.