Would you like to learn how to configure a GPO to set the automatic update interval for group policies? In this tutorial, we will show you how to configure the interval before update the group policy configurations in the background.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
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Tutorial GPO - Automatic policy refresh interval
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 Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.
Access the folder named Group policy.
Enable the option named Set group policy refresh interval for computers.
• Minutes - Enter the number of minutes before automatically refresh the group policy.
• Minutes - Enter a random time added to the refresh interval.
The random time will prevent all computers to request the update at the same time.
In our example, the computer will refresh the group policy every 90 minutes.
Optionally, configure the group policy update interval for domain controllers.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial - Applying the GPO to configure the policy update interval
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.
Congratulations! You are able to configure a background update interval for group policies in the Computer configuration folder.
