You may be able to find the culprit by running a gpresult and viewing the time taken for each of the components. Also, the event log at Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy will reveal some of this information too.
Personally, I prefer to have multiple GPOs, each for a specific type of thing I am targeting. So for instance, I will have a separate GP for setting up Printer, and a separate GP for setting up Folder Redirection, etc. I don't believe there is a significant difference in speed between the two, but I would think that having all settings in a single GPO would be faster, although would be much harder to troubleshoot (which is one of the reasons I separate them). -Aakash Shah From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelsey, John Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Streamlining GPOs We're seeing significant logon delays due to the high number of GPOs that have to get processed when a user logs in. We're trying to clean up and reduce the number of things that have to happen in order to get the user logged on faster. If we block all GPOs in our testing, we've been able to cut the logon time in half. So either we just have too many GPOs or a couple of them for whatever reason is crushing the logon. Is it more efficient to have 200 GPOs that set 1 item in each one? OR Is it more efficient to have 1 GPO that sets 200 items? OR Does it not make any difference in how long it takes to process? Thanks all. *************************************** John C. Kelsey Penn Highlands DuBois *: 814.375.3073 * : 814.375.4005 *: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> *************************************** [PHH ESig Logo 150dpi] This email and any attached files are sensitive in nature and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Penn Highlands Healthcare or its affiliates.. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
