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Group Policy Compliance Manager

Ensure automated feedback from the IT environment and be confident that the deployed policies are successfully applied

 

Group Policy Compliance Manager validates that the intended configurations actually reach endpoints and continue to run as expected. This tool collects processing and settings data, stores it centrally, and allows for historical reporting, search, and export. Use roll-up reports to show compliance at the OU or domain level, drill down to individual machines or settings, and investigate processing errors and timing issues that can affect policy delivery. Group Policy Compliance Manager turns endpoint validation into actionable evidence so IT teams can fix configuration-delivery problems faster, demonstrate security compliance to auditors, and reduce the operational risk of missing or misapplied policies.

Earn full visibility across your organization of what settings have been received, what impacts there may be around GPO changes, and what is missing (and why). With Group Policy Compliance Manager, you will:

 

  • Prove compliance and satisfy auditors with centralized, exportable reports that show which settings were applied and where.
  • Facilitate operational continuity by surfacing missing settings, processing errors, and timing problems that affect policy delivery.
  • Improve IT environment reliability by monitoring Group Policy processing health across desktops and servers and prioritizing fixes where they matter most.
  • Scale operations as the organization grows with agent-less or agent-based collection, a central SQL store, PowerShell automation, and management-level roll-up reports for stakeholders.
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  • Centralized, historical reporting of Group Policy settings and security configuration across your entire environment
  • Reports GP settings detail, GP processing times and processing errors across an entire domain or individual OUs
  • Agent-less or agent-based collection makes it easy to get up and running, regardless of the size of your environment
  • Local or centralized SQL database stores data and makes it accessible to multiple users
  • Powerful search lets you find GPOs and individual settings across an environment
  • Roll-up reports provide management-level detail around the compliance of Group Policy in your environment
  • PowerShell module lets you search and report on settings and compliance from the command-line

Datasheet: GP Compliance Manager Datasheet

Documentation: GP Compliance Manager Deployment Guide

  • Operating Systems Supported for Installation: Microsoft® Windows 10 and 11, Windows Server 2012-R2, 2016, 2019 or 2022.
  • .Net Framework 4.5.2 and Microsoft® Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) installed on the system where you install the product. Microsoft SQL Server 2014+ is required for larger installations. PowerShell 4.0 or greater is required to leverage PowerShell functionality.

FAQ

What is Group Policy Compliance Manager?

Group Policy Compliance Manager by SDM Software collects Group Policy processing and settings data from Windows desktops and servers, provides centralized historical reporting, and helps confirm that configurations are being applied to endpoints as intended.

How does data collection work?

Group Policy Compliance Manager supports agentless collection or optional agent-based collection. Data is stored locally or in a central SQL database for multiuser access and historical reporting.

Can Group Policy Compliance Manager show which configuration settings reached endpoints?

Yes. Group Policy Compliance Manager reports on confirmed and missing GPOs and provides processing health and timing data so you can see what was applied and why some settings may be absent.

What reporting and export options are available?

You can generate roll-up reports at OU or domain levels, export summaries to Excel, Word or PDF, and save frequently used searches and collections for repeatable reporting.

Can I automate queries and integrate Group Policy Compliance Manager with other tools?

Yes. Group Policy Compliance Manager includes a PowerShell module for command-line searching and reporting, enabling integration into automation and change-control workflows.

How quickly can I start collecting data?

The easy-to-use GUI lets you start collecting data in minutes and supports collection from a single machine to entire OUs or domains.