Okay, I'm a bit stumped with this one. How would o...
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Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 12:20 PMOkay, I'm a bit stumped with this one. How would one troubleshoot slowness while expanding the Administrative Templates section in a group policy? I want to figure out which template is causing the issue.
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Jeff Riechers
03/07/2024, 12:47 PMThe number of ADMX files and the distance to the domain store is the usual cause of that. I have seen issues where gpmc accidentally connects to a far distant DC instead of a local one. So remove any unneeded or retired ADMX files.
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Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 12:48 PMClean up templates? You aren't familiar with my company, hahaha. It's an ongoing battle for me.
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Rob Beekmans
03/07/2024, 1:48 PMI would check if there are any self-made ones.
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c4rm0
03/07/2024, 2:13 PMAre you using a central store for the policydefinitions folder?
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Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 2:14 PMOur Dev environment loads fine, so there must be a difference in templates between the two. Gonna have the AD team compare them and see what's different.
Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 2:15 PMYes, we're using a central store.
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c4rm0
03/07/2024, 2:16 PMnormally when you open administrative templates it pulls the admx's/adml's from the policydefinition folder locally but alot of company's copy the policydefinitions folder to the sysvol which is best practise
c4rm0
03/07/2024, 2:17 PMit centrally manages them and when you open the GPMC the PDC emulator is used by default so i would check what that is with netdom query fsmo and see where it is located and check connectivity
c4rm0
03/07/2024, 2:19 PMif you got a client in UK with GPMC open and they go into the Administrative templates section it will be retreiving the policydefinitions from the PDC emulator and if that Domain controller is in a different location lets say Australia it will be slooooooowww !
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Webster Webster
03/07/2024, 2:41 PMgpmc will tell you where it is getting the files
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c4rm0
03/07/2024, 2:42 PMYes and you can point it at a different Domain controller but will use PDC by default
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Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 2:43 PMI found one template that differs between the two, so I asked them to look at it.
Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 2:46 PMYeah, it's hitting the PDC emulator which is in the same datacenter as the server I'm logged into, so it shouldn't be slow like this. The template in question is a Lenovo template with a lot of nonsense in it, so I'm hoping that winds up being the issue. Easy enough to validate.
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Nick Panaccio
03/07/2024, 2:50 PMConnected to a DC 7 states away and it's faster. That's actually impressive.
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Spencer Sun
03/07/2024, 6:46 PMYpur PDC Emulator may be overwhelmed. I've seen where a remote DC is better responsive than a local one because those are less busy
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