Applies To: Windows Server 2008
To link a GPO
In the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) console tree, locate the site, ___domain, or organizational unit (OU) to which you want to link a Group Policy object (GPO)
Do one of the following:
To link an existing GPO, right-click the ___domain or OU within the ___domain, and then click Link an Existing GPO. In the Select GPO dialog box, click the GPO that you want to link, and then click OK.
To link a new GPO, right-click the ___domain or OU within a ___domain, and then click Create a GPO in this ___domain, and link it here. In the Name box, type a name for the new GPO, and then click OK.
Additional considerations
To link an existing GPO to a site, ___domain, or OU, you must have Link GPOs permission on that site, ___domain, or OU. By default, only ___domain administrators and enterprise administrators have this privilege for domains and OUs. Enterprise administrators and ___domain administrators of the forest root ___domain have this privilege for sites.
To create and link a GPO, you must have Link GPOs permissions on the desired ___domain or organizational unit, and you must have permission to create GPOs in that ___domain. By default, only ___domain administrators, enterprise administrators, and Group Policy Creator owners have permission to create GPOs.
The Create a GPO in this ___domain, and link it here option is not available for sites. The administrator can create a GPO in any ___domain in the forest, and then use the Link an Existing GPO option to link it to the site.