GPOs are stored in the Active Directory Data Store. This store is part of which directory service?

GPOs are stored in the Active Directory Data Store. This store is part of which directory service?

• A. Active Directory Domain Services
• B. Local Policy Store
• C. SYSVOL
• D. Group Policy Cache

Answer: (A)

Group Policy objects have a central representation stored in the directory service that manages domain objects and policies, which is Active Directory Domain Services. This AD data store holds the GPO metadata, linking each policy to domains and organizational units. The actual policy settings and templates are kept in SYSVOL, but the central store referenced here is the Active Directory data store within AD DS. Local Policy Store and Group Policy Cache are not the domain-wide data store for GPOs. So the correct directory service is Active Directory Domain Services.

Group Policy objects have a central representation stored in the directory service that manages domain objects and policies, which is Active Directory Domain Services. This AD data store holds the GPO metadata, linking each policy to domains and organizational units. The actual policy settings and templates are kept in SYSVOL, but the central store referenced here is the Active Directory data store within AD DS. Local Policy Store and Group Policy Cache are not the domain-wide data store for GPOs. So the correct directory service is Active Directory Domain Services.