How can I apply a group policy to a security group?
January 8, 2000
A. Its not possible to apply a group policy to a security grouphowever what you can do is to filter a group policy by changing the permissionson the Group Policy so that only certain users/groups have read and apply privileges.
Start the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in (Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - Active Directory Users and Computers)
Right click on the container (OU or domain) that has the Group Policy Object whose permissions you wish to change and select Properties
Select the 'Group Policy' tab
Select the GPO from the list and click Properties
Select the Security tab
Modify the permissions so that only the required users have the read and apply privileges and Administrators who need to modify the GPO have read and write
Click here to view imageClick OK to the dialog
Click Close the containers properties
Now only the selected users will run the GPO
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