Sometimes you need to search in a domain environment for a specific setting in GPO’s. This script will search through all the GPO’s in the domain and list the results at the end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# Get the string you want to search for\n$string = Read-Host -Prompt \"What string do you want to search for?\"\n\n# Set the domain to search for GPOs\n$DomainName = $env:USERDNSDOMAIN\n\n# Find all GPO's in the current domain of logged on user\nwrite-host \"Finding all the GPO's in $DomainName\"\nImport-Module grouppolicy\n$allGposInDomain = Get-GPO -All -Domain $DomainName\n[string[]] $MatchedGPOList = @()\n\n# Look through each GPO's XML for the string\nWrite-Host \"Starting search....\"\nforeach ($gpo in $allGposInDomain) {\n $report = Get-GPOReport -Guid $gpo.Id -ReportType Xml\n if ($report -match $string) {\n write-host \"********** Match found in: $($gpo.DisplayName) **********\" -foregroundcolor \"Green\"\n $MatchedGPOList += \"$($gpo.DisplayName)\";\n } # end if\n else {\n Write-Host \"No match in: $($gpo.DisplayName)\"\n } # end else\n} # end foreach\nwrite-host \"`r`n\"\nwrite-host \"Results: **************\" -foregroundcolor \"Yellow\"\nforeach ($match in $MatchedGPOList) {\n write-host \"Match found in: $($match)\" -foregroundcolor \"Green\"\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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