{"id":16329,"date":"2020-08-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/?p=16329"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:39:26","slug":"what-are-group-policy-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/what-are-group-policy-objects","title":{"rendered":"What are Group Policy Objects?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What are Group Policy Objects<\/a> (GPOs)? In short, GPOs are predefined commands, scripts, and task execution templates that control Windows\u00ae<\/sup> systems and their policies. They come standard with the Microsoft\u00ae<\/sup> Active Directory\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> (AD) platform, which has helped IT administrators manage Windows users and systems for years. Recently, however, the challenge has become figuring out how to provide similar functionality for Mac\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> and Linux\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> too, as well as how to execute GPOs or GPO-like functions from the cloud where directory services are starting to shift. Fortunately, a new solution called JumpCloud\u00ae<\/sup> Directory-as-a-Service\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> has emerged that offers cross-platform GPO-like capabilities<\/a> from the cloud. First, though, let\u2019s take a closer look at traditional GPOs. <\/p>\n\n\n\nGroup Policy Objects Explained<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n