You can use item-level targeting to change the scope of individual preference items, so they apply only to selected users or computers. Within a single Group Policy object (GPO), you can include multiple preference items, each customized for selected users or computers and each targeted to apply settings only to the relevant users or computers.
Each targeting item results in a value of either true or false. You can apply multiple targeting items to a preference item and select the logical operation (AND or OR) by which to combine each targeting item with the preceding one. If the combined value of all targeting items for a preference item is false, then the settings in the preference item are not applied to the user or computer. Using targeting collections, you can also create parenthetical expressions.
Configuring a targeting item
|
To target an existing preference item so it applies only to specific users or computers |
-
Open the Group Policy Management Console. Right-click the Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new preference item, and then click Edit.
-
In the console tree under Computer Configuration or User Configuration, expand the Preferences folder, and then browse to the preference extension.
-
Double-click the node for the preference extension, and then right-click the preference item and click Properties.
-
In the Properties dialog box, click the Common tab.
-
Select Item-level targeting, and then click Targeting.
- Click New Item, click a type of targeting item to apply
to the preference item, and then configure settings for the
targeting item.
Notes - To change the value of the targeting item to its opposite, on the Item Options menu, click Is Not.
- Text fields accept preference processing variables. Press F3 to display a list of variables from which you can select.
- To provide a custom name for the targeting item, on the Item Options menu, click Label, and type a Name.
- To provide a comment for a targeting item, on the Item Options menu, click Label, and type a Comment.
- If configuring multiple targeting items, on the Item
Options menu, click the logical operation (And or
Or) by which to combine the results of the preference item
with the preceding preference item.
Note To create a parenthetical expression, click Add Collection. (For more information, see Targeting Collection.)
- Repeat for each targeting item to apply.
- Click New Item, click a type of targeting item to apply
to the preference item, and then configure settings for the
targeting item.
-
Click OK, and then click OK in the Properties dialog box.
Types of targeting items
You can configure the following types of targeting items:
Additional considerations
- To reposition a targeting item within the
list of targeting items that you have applied to a preference item,
either drag the targeting item to a new position, or select the
targeting item and then click the Move Up arrow or Move
Down arrow.
- If you want to restrict the scope of multiple
preference items with a complex set of targeting items, you can
simplify configuration by using an environment variable. For
example, create an Environment Variable preference item that
generates a new environment variable with a value of 1, and apply
the targeting items to it. To apply the same targeting to other
preference items, add an Environment Variable targeting item to
those preference items, and configure it to require a value of 1
for the variable that you created using an Environment Variable
preference item.
- Preference items are available only in
domain-based GPOs.