AD-GPOREP-15: No GPOs should have version mismatches
| ID | AD-GPOREP-15 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | Active Directory (on-premises) |
| Product | Active Directory |
| Feature | Group Policy |
| Security area | Infrastructure hardening |
| Resource type | GroupPolicy |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Medium |
| Reads from | On-premises Active Directory |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”Test-MtAdGpoVersionMismatchCount
Section titled “Test-MtAdGpoVersionMismatchCount”Counts the number of GPOs with a version mismatch.
Why This Test Matters
Section titled “Why This Test Matters”- Detective control: flags GPOs that have a version mismatch which could affect policy consistency across machines.
Control Type
Section titled “Control Type”Detective
Security Recommendation
Section titled “Security Recommendation”- Review mismatched GPOs and align versions with baseline configurations.
How the Test Works
Section titled “How the Test Works”- Pulls GPO state, filters HasVersionMismatch, counts total/mismatched and computes a mismatch ratio.
Related Tests
Section titled “Related Tests”Test-MtAdGpoVersionMismatchDetails.
Related links
Section titled “Related links”- Microsoft Learn - Group Policy management
- ANSSI checkpoint: https://www.anssi.gouv.fr/
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