Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to configure logon scripts using Powershell? This tutorial will show you how to create a group policy to run Powershell scripts during logon.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
Change the configuration to reflect your domain name.
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Tutorial GPO – Logon scripts using Powershell
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the User configuration folder and locate the following item.
Access the option named Scripts.
Access the Logon configuration option.
Add a new startup script.
Our configuration.
Create a Powershell script named MYSCRIPT inside the NETLOGON folder.
Here is the content of our script.
In our example, we are going to configure the user wallpaper.
In our example, we add a JPG file named WALLPAPER inside the NETLOGON directory.
Make sure the domain users have read-only permission over the script.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial GPO – Logon scripts using Powershell
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
On a remote computer, login as any user.
The Powershell script will be silently executed.
In our example, we used a Powershell logon script to configure the user wallpaper.
