> User Group Policy Settings Management with Loopback Processing
> By default, as users log on to DVMs (the same applies to physical machines) that are in a specific organizational unit (OU), their environment is composed of two portions:

> • | Computer portion of the GPO associated with the OU that the DVMs are in

> • | User portion of the GPO associated with the OU that the users are located in

> In some cases it may be desirable to use User Group Policy Loopback processing mode to manage user settings in your environment instead.
> Loopback processing mode allows an administrator to force the User portion of the GPO associated with the OU that the machines are in to either override or merge with the settings associated with the OU the users are from.
> The benefit is that users receive a more uniform environment, because regardless of what OU they come from, they will always get the same User GPO settings from the OU the DVMs are in.
> To enable loopback processing:

> 1. | Create an OU that contain the DVMs:

> 2. | Enable the Loopback Processing mode. For each folder under the OU, do the following:

> a. | Click on the folder, then click the Group Policy tab.

> b. | In the table, double-click DVM policy. The Group Policy Object Editor launches.

> c. | Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy.

> d. | Enable the User Group Policy loopback processing mode setting, and set the mode to either Replace or Merge.

> • | Replace - indicates that the user settings defined in the computer's Group Policy objects replace the user settings normally applied to the user.

> • | Merge - indicates that the user settings defined in the computer's Group Policy objects and the user settings normally applied to the user are combined. If the settings conflict, the user settings in the computer's Group Policy objects take precedence over the user's normal settings.

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