From the course: Windows Server 2016: Implementing Group Policy

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Loopback processing

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- [Instructor] When it comes to the application of group policy objects, there is a particular setting, it's something called loopback processing, which has a very specific effect on how group policy objects are applied. Now to take a look at this loopback processing setting, let's jump into our domain controller DC 1. Here in the Server Manager, we'll go up to the Tools menu, and then select Group Policy Management. In Group Policy Management, I'm going to go ahead and expand out my domain here. I want to jump down to Group Policy Objects. And then, I'm just going to select any group policy object here, and I'm going to right click on it and select Edit. Now this takes us into our Group Policy Management editor, and I don't really want to do anything in here for right now other than I want to point out that all group policy objects have a computer configuration and they have a user configuration. And the reason why is…

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