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Practical procedure and troubleshooting notes for Creating a Starter GPO.

This walkthrough shows how to create a Starter GPO and configure DNS settings within it.

  1. In Server Manager, click Tools.
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  2. Click Group Policy Management.
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  3. Click on your Domain to expand.

  4. Select Starter GPOs.
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  5. Click Add Starter GPO Folder.

  6. Right-click Starter GPOs.
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  7. Click New.
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  8. In the New Starter GPO window, fill out the required information.
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  9. Open the new Starter GPO.

  10. Begin configuring your Starter GPO. (Example: DNS Settings)

  11. Navigate to:
    Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network → DNS Client

  12. Right-click DNS Servers → Edit → Fill out the required information.
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  13. Right-click Primary DNS Suffix → Edit → Fill out the required information.
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  14. Right-click Register PTR Records → Edit → Fill out the required information.
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  15. Right-click Dynamic Update → Edit → Fill out the required information.

  16. Right-click Turn off smart multi-homed name resolution → Edit.
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✅ End Result:
You have created a Starter GPO with DNS settings configured. This GPO can now be used as a template when creating new Group Policy Objects.