Net code that uses wmi to complete a management task such as querying for management data, executing a method from a wmi class, or receiving event notifications using wmi. Active directory group policy and wmi filters beyondtrust. Before we start creating group policy objects and linking them we should create a wmi filter that we will attach to the policy. How to create a group policy with wmi filter for windows. Nov 03, 2016 group policy wmi filters for windows 7 88. How to configure wmi filters for group policy to better. Incidentally, windows 2000 and earlier clients just ignore any wmi filter and the gpo is always applied to all objects. Any windows desktop os version 2 better for win7 sometimes. Apply group policies to only windows 7 workstations using wmi. Wmi is an uniform way to gain access to system or administrative information in a databaselike kind of way. Can someone provide me with a working and tested query. Always test your group policies and wmi filters before deploying. This too can be useful if you want to find the wmi values to use with a wql query filter for your group policy objects gpo.
I was messing around with some gpos for client today to replace edge as the default browser, with ie11. Right click wmi filters and select new type a name for 64 bit operating systems for the filter and a description. Group policy wmi filter laptop or desktop hardware. Wmi filters on windows 7 and windows 10 case sensitive.
I need a wmi query which will work to target 64bit machines with windows 7 windows 8 windows 8. Jan 30, 2016 wmi filtering your group policy is the answer for this. Hello, been trying to figure out how to set a wmi filter to so applies a gpo to both windows 7 and windows 10 devices, but leaving servers alone. Aug 31, 2017 how to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only wmi code used. The first policy we will create is one for windows server 2008. Create wmi filters for the gpo windows 10 windows security. I do not need to differentiate between editions standard, enterprise, web or chip architecture x86 or x64 so my filter query will be for any version of windows server 2008. Windows 10 create a wmi filter for group policy petenetlive. Today im going to share with you a sing post about wmi filters on windows 7 and 10 this week to solve a gpo issue related to networking connectivity loss affecting windows 10 workstations we deployed to different gpos for drive mapping. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 b. Mar 08, 2016 windows 10 wmi filter for group policy windows 10 devices have started to trickle into our production environment and i needed a quick way to apply windows 10 specific policies to these computers.
How to configure wmi filters for group policy to better manage your. Useful windows wmi filters for various machine environments os. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 8. Solved updating existing wmi filters to accomodate windows. Obviously for the laptops, you will need to create a new wmi filter by repeating the steps above. Applying wmi filter to group policy allows controlling the. Select property from wmi class creating wmi filters. Filtering group policy to windows 7 computers my digital life. Dec 14, 2010 using powershell to automatically create wmi filters the script allows you to specify an array of wmi filters, which are then created for use by gpos. Hi again, after a long period without posting im here again. Oct 20, 2017 the scope of a group policy object gpo can be controlled with wmi filters, based on criteria such as operating system version or hardware specifications. On addns01, in server manager, click tools, and then click group policy management. Feb 03, 2017 hi again, after a long period without posting im here again. Updated list of os version queries for wmi filters.
After a few minutes, we figured out that the gpo wasnt being applied. To create a wmi filter that queries for a specified version of windows. Create your wmi filters for the target operating system. Yourforestname, expand domains, expand yourdomainname, and then click wmi filters. How to create group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines. Information obtained from wmi can be used to create a condition where a specific action or setting may apply, including group policy object. In the gpmc navigation pane, expand features, expand group policy management, expand forest. How to create a group policy with wmi filter for windows 10.
Aug 17, 2017 in this article, ill show you how to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only. Use this procedure to create the wmi filters that are used to restrict the application of a gpo to the computers in the membership group that are running the version of windows for which the gpo is intended. Wmi filter to target windows 7 and windows 10 devices. Mar 12, 2019 the value is 1 for client systems windows 7, windows 8, windows 10 the value is 2 or 3 for servers. Using a group policy filter, ill be able to apply a group policy to windows 10 machines only and exclude windows server or windows 7 and 8 machines. This how to describes how to apply a wmi filter to a group policy in order to target a particular operating system. Create wmi filter, for x32 or x64 bit machines, for use with a domain group. Right click the wmi filters folder and select new to create a new filter. The ask the performance team has published a wmi code creator tool that allows queries your local wmi repository on your computer. Expand the tree until you find group policy objects and expand that too.
Recently ive been adding windows 7 64bit machines to the network and. In the name text box, type the name of the wmi filter. Apr 16, 2019 wmi group policy filters first appeared in windows xpserver 2003, and are available in the latest windows versions windows server 2019, 2016 and windows 10, 8. Desktop os server os domain controllernondomain controller 32bit 64bit. A wmi filter consists of one or more queries, and if all queries evaluate to true then the gpo linked to the filter will be applied. Note that these wmi filters only work on windows xp and later operating systems. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit or 32. Expand the target domain, and locate the wmi filters node in the domains tree. On a computer that has the group policy management feature installed, click start, click administrative tools, and then click group policy management.
The antidote to doing more than is necessary, is the realization that in the context of a wmi filter, windows server provides the vbscript code. Using wmi filters to apply group policy to a target operating system. How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only wmi code used. Jun 05, 2018 wmi filter on gpo for windows 2016 i just deployed my 1st 2016 server and needed a separate gpo for some items. To create a wmi filter that seperates all the windows 7 machines, perform the following steps. To make the whole process more efficient, i wanted to use a wmi filter toapply the policy only to windows 10 machines. Sep 11, 2009 filtering group policy to windows 7 computers posted by tom basham september 11, 2009 8 comments on filtering group policy to windows 7 computers during the development work weve been doing with windows 7, one of the items weve been looking at is how we can filter the group policy applied to user accounts by the operating system they are. Wmi or windows management instrumentation is a set of standards from microsoft that provides user with information status of a windows machine. Aug 12, 2001 each gpo can have only one wmi filter. Start group policy management console and connect to the domain. If you are transitioning from windows 7 pro or enterprise to windows 10 and have purchased windows 7 extended security updates esus, this post provides additional guidance on how to install and activate windows 7 esu keys on multiple devices using a multiple activation key mak. Create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit. Since my dc is 2012 r2, i could not use item level targeting because win 10 and 2016 are not in the drop down. How to apply wmi filter to windows 10 or windows server 2016.
This method was first introduced with windows server 2003. Im going to be deploying a gpo next week to target windows 7 88. To make sure that each gpo associated with a group can only be applied to devices running the correct version of windows, use the group policy management mmc snapin to create and assign wmi filters to the gpo. Rightclick the wmi filters node, and select new wmi filter. Im writing this how toas i recently learned how to solve a problem i was having with wanting to apply different gpos to machines of differing oses in the domain controllers ou oses were either server 2003 or server 2008 r2. First, create the wmi filter and configure it to look for a specified version or versions of the windows operating system. To create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries.
Dec 27, 2012 create a group policy wmi filter to determine 64 bit or 32 bit operating system. Script using powershell to automatically create wmi filters. Far more easy than creating a filter is to use someone elses filters. By creating a wmi filter that looks for the windows 10 version number and then linking that query to our windows 10 group policies, we can ensure. Using 32 and 64 bit wmi filters for group policy petenetlive. From the server manager window, select tools and then group policy management. All that we need to create is a wql scriplet, group policy and the operating will handle the wrapper code. How to create a group policy wmi filter for windows 10. To create a new wmi filter, open the group policy management console gpmc. The script only works on windows server 2008 r2 because the new cmdlets of this os are used. To get started, open group policy management continue reading how to create group policy wmi filter for windows 10 machines only. Every now and then during windows 10 deployments we need to use wmi filters for group policy objects, there are simply no better way of.
Feb 14, 2017 expand the domain under which you want to create a wmi filter rightclick the wmi filter object and select new type in a name and a friendly description for your new filter the current namespace should be root\cimv2. In this example, i want to create a wmi filter that allows to apply gpo. As you can see below in my example the same wmi filter as above is evaluating as false on my windows 10 computer called win10. Sep 10, 20 to create your own wmi filters, here is an updated list of wmi filter queries from window xp windows 8. How to find and use wmi values for group policy filtering. Activate windows 7 esus on multiple devices with a mak. These examples are tested on windows 2008 r2 and windows 7 and. Here are some examples of what types of devices you need to filter for. Active directory create a wmi filter on gpo for your os. Apr 05, 2012 group policy wmi filter laptop or desktop hardware in a previous article about wmi filters for group policy, i identified simple filters to make sure that gpos will only apply to machines running a specific operating system such as windows 7. This section contains all wmi filters in the ad domain. I took the liberty to write one based on another one i saw in the microsoft scripting repository that will create a series of base filters for you when ran in a domain controller running windows 2008 or windows 2008 r2.
Using wmi filters to apply group policy to a target operating. For instances such as these, or those that require a bit more granularity when deploying to targeted systems or groups of systems, a windows management instrumentation wmi filter. The wmi filter uses a query to determine if the policy applies to the machine. So to have a wmi filter that matches windows 7 or later including windows 10 then you need to use the following wmi filter. But windows 10 existing wmi filters have syphoned off various gpo policies to target pcs with oss earlierlater than windows 7, earlier than windows 8, or the same as windows 8.
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