The Group Policy Update tool forces an update to a computer policy, user policy, or both.
If you choose to update a user policy, the user will temporarily see a command prompt while the policy is updating.
To run the tool:
1. Right-click on a device collection.
2. Select Right Click Tools > Console Tools on Collection > Group Policy Update.
3. In the window that opens, select Update Machine Policy and/ or Update User Policy and click Start.
Recast Permissions
| SystemInformation plugin | GroupPolicyUpdate permission |
Microsoft Permissions
- The user running this action will need to be an administrator of the remote device.
- If using a Recast Server with a service account, the service account will need to be an administrator of the remote device.
- This tool relies on remote WMI to start the Group Policy Update process.