7.0 Reporting on GPOs

Group Policy Administrator (GPA) offers extensive reporting for GPOs in the GP Repository and in Active Directory, including reports that provide the following information:

  • GPO Settings Report: provides complete information about policy and preference settings for GPOs stored in the GP Repository or in Active Directory

  • GPO Health Check Report: determines data accuracy of GPOs in GP Explorer and the GP Repository and identifies issues

  • Group Policy Comparison or Differential Report: compares two GPOs in the same GP Repository, in different GP Repositories, or in the GP Repository and in Active Directory

  • Enterprise Consistency Check Report: compares GPOs from multiple domains against a master GPO

  • Point in Time Analysis and Activity Report: identifies when and who performed a particular action, such as who approved and exported a GPO

  • RSoP Analysis Report: predicts the final result of all the policy and preference settings that apply to a particular user logged on to a particular computer

  • RSoP Analysis Comparison Report: compares two RSoP Analysis reports to help you determine the source of differences in settings for different users on different computers

  • Group Policy Results Diagnostics Report (Actual RSoP): shows the actual, rather than predicted, policies and preferences that are taking effect for a specific user on a specific computer, and the history of GPOs that have been applied

  • GPO Search Report: shows the result of searches for GPOs in the GP Repository and in Active Directory according to the criteria specified and allows you to perform actions, such as starting the GPO Editor or performing workflow operations on repository GPOs