All disabled GPO settings details should be investigated
AD-GPOS-07InfoActive DirectoryGroup Policy
Part of Active Directory · Active Directory · Group Policy · All checks
Invoke-Maester -TestId AD-GPOS-07Overview
Section titled “Overview”Test-MtAdGpoAllSettingsDisabledDetails
Section titled “Test-MtAdGpoAllSettingsDisabledDetails”Returns details of GPOs where all settings are disabled.
Why This Test Matters
Section titled “Why This Test Matters”- Detective control: lists GPOs where all settings are disabled which can be a sign of misconfiguration or excessive restriction.
Control Type
Section titled “Control Type”Operational
Security Recommendation
Section titled “Security Recommendation”- Review fully disabled GPOs; decide whether to re-enable or remove them.
How the Test Works
Section titled “How the Test Works”- Identifies GPOs with GpoStatus AllDisabled and renders a detailed MD table of those GPOs.
Related Tests
Section titled “Related Tests”Test-MtAdGpoAllSettingsDisabledDetailsis the current test; other related tests include state-wide counts.
Related links
Section titled “Related links”- Microsoft Learn - Group Policy management
- ANSSI checkpoint: https://www.anssi.gouv.fr/
Details
Section titled “Details”Every attribute of this check
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Test ID | AD-GPOS-07 |
| Severity | Info |
| Suite | Active Directory |
| Product | Active Directory |
| Feature | Group Policy |
| Area | Infrastructure hardening |
| Resource type | GroupPolicy |
| MITRE ATT&CK | None |
| PowerShell test | Test-MtAdGpoAllSettingsDisabledDetails |
| Services | ActiveDirectory |
| Permissions | ActiveDirectory:Ldap:groupPolicyContainer.gPCFileSysPath:ReadProperty, ActiveDirectory:File:SYSVOL:Read |
Source
Section titled “Source”- Test:
tests/ad/gpo-state/Test.AD-GPOS-07.ps1 - Documentation:
tests/ad/gpo-state/Test.AD-GPOS-07.md