An Introduction to AGPM (Advanced Group Policy Management)

What Is AGPM?

AGPM is the abbreviation of Advanced Group Policy Management.

Most companies with Windows Enterprise already have access to MDOP and its components, such as AGPM.

Microsofts Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) enables you to manage GPOs more closely.

you could request approval of proposed changes; that is built-in change management.

AGPM 3 supports Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista with SP1.

AGPM 2.5 supports Windows Vista (32-bit) and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) without service packs.

Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported.

Windows 7: Before installing AGPM, you must install GPMC from RSAT.

For more information, see Windows Vista Remote Server Management Tool with Service Pack 1.

The AGPM server requires the following Windows features.

If these features are not present, they will be installed automatically:

1.

WCF activation; non-HTTP activation

2.

You only need two accounts, a server, and a client.

These two accounts are the AGPM administrator account and the AGPM service account.

Before setting up AGPM, it’s crucial that you grant the service account access to all existing GPOs.

Then all you gotta do is to set up the server AGPM software and client.

If you want to manage GPOs from other workstations, the client software needs to install Windows RSAT.

Any other user must use the AGPM client to check out and edit the GPO.