3.2.5.2 GPO Processing Order

Non-enforced GPOs in abstract element Filtered GPO list are processed in the following order:

  1. The Local Group Policy Object.<22>

  2. Group Policy Objects linked to Site.

  3. Group Policy Objects linked to Domain.

  4. Group Policy Objects linked to Organizational Units: Group Policy Objects that are linked to the organizational unit that is highest in the Active Directory hierarchy are processed first, then Group Policy Objects that are linked to its child organizational unit, and so on. Finally, the Group Policy Objects that are linked to the organizational unit that contains the user or computer are processed.