Backup individual group policy objects (GPOs) or all the GPOs in a domain.
Syntax
Backup-GPO [-Name] string -Path string
[-Comment string] [-Domain string] [-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Backup-GPO -All -Path string
[-Comment string] [-Domain string] [-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Backup-GPO -Guid <Guid> -Path string
[-Comment string] [-Domain string] [-Server string] [CommonParameters]
Key
-All Backup all GPOs in the domain.
-Comment string
Include a comment for the backed-up GPO.
-Domain string
The domain containing the GPOs to backup, requires a trust relationship if not the current domain.
-Guid Guid
Specify the GPO to backup by its globally unique identifier (GUID).
-Name string
Specify the display name of the GPO to backup.
-Path string
The path to the backup directory; for example, "C:\Backups" or "\\Server64\Backups".
-Server string
The name of the domain controller that should complete the operation.
Specify either a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the host name.
For example:
FQDN: DomainController1.europe.ss64.com
Host Name: DomainController1
The current/default domain is that of the user that is running the session or, for startup and shutdown scripts, the computer.
Back up the "SS64" GPO to the C:\GpoBackups directory:
PS C:\> Backup-GPO -Name SS64 -Path C:\GpoBackups -Comment "Weekly Backup"
Back up the GPO with the specified GUID:
PS C:\> Backup-GPO -GUID 3a4a6473-6b2a-4c84-ab78-175e68d64bdf -Domain ss64.com -Server DC1 -Path \\Server64\GpoBackups
Back up all the GPOs in the current domain to \\Server64\GpoBackups:
PS C:\> Backup-GPO -All -Path \\Server64\GpoBackups
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Restore-GPO - Restore one or all GPOs from a GPO backup.
Import-GPO - Import Group Policy settings into a specified GPO from a GPO backup.
Copy-CPO - Copy a Group Policy Object.