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Set-AppLockerPolicy

Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:24 pm

NAME Set-AppLockerPolicy



SYNOPSIS

Sets the AppLocker policy for the specified GPO.





SYNTAX

Set-AppLockerPolicy [-XmlPolicy] <String> [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}]

[-InformationVariable <System.String>] [-Ldap <String>] [-Merge] [<CommonParameters>]



Set-AppLockerPolicy [-PolicyObject] <AppLockerPolicy> [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}]

[-InformationVariable <System.String>] [-Ldap <String>] [-Merge] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Set-AppLockerPolicy cmdlet sets the specified GPO to contain the specified AppLocker policy. If no Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

(LDAP) is specified, then the default is the local GPO.



The input values for the AppLocker policy can be an AppLockerPolicy object or an XML-formatted file that contains the AppLocker policy.





PARAMETERS

-InformationAction [<System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference>]

Specifies how this cmdlet responds to an information event. The acceptable values for this parameter are:



-- SilentlyContinue

-- Stop

-- Continue

-- Inquire

-- Ignore

-- Suspend



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InformationVariable [<System.String>]

Specifies a variable in which to store an information event message.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Ldap [<String>]

Specifies the LDAP path of the GPO. It must specify a unique GPO. If this parameter is not specified, then the local AppLocker policy is set.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Merge [<SwitchParameter>]

Merges the rules in the specified AppLocker policy with the AppLocker rules in the target GPO specified in the LDAP path. The merging of

policies will remove rules with duplicate rule IDs, and the enforcement setting specified by the AppLocker policy in the target GPO will be

preserved. If the Merge parameter is not specified, then the new policy will overwrite the existing policy.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-PolicyObject <AppLockerPolicy>

Specifies the AppLockerPolicy object that contains the AppLocker policy. Can be obtained from the Get-AppLockerPolicy and the

New-AppLockerPolicy cmdlets.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-XmlPolicy <String>

Specifies the path where the XML-formatted file that contains the AppLocker policy is saved.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

Microsoft.Security.ApplicationId.PolicyManagement.PolicyModel.AppLockerPolicy



AppLockerPolicy



System.String







OUTPUTS

None







EXAMPLE 1



PS C:\\> Set-AppLockerPolicy -XMLPolicy C:\\Policy.xml



This example sets the local AppLocker policy to the policy specified in C:\\Policy.xml.





EXAMPLE 2



PS C:\\> Set-AppLockerPolicy -XMLPolicy C:\\Policy.xml -LDAP

"LDAP://DC13.Contoso.com/CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=Contoso,DC=com"



This example sets the GPO specified in the LDAP path to contain the AppLocker policy that is specified in C:\\Policy.xml.





EXAMPLE 3



PS C:\\> Get-AppLockerPolicy -Local | Set-AppLockerPolicy -LDAP

"LDAP://DC13.Contoso.com/CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=Contoso,DC=com" -Merge



This example gets the local AppLocker policy, and then merges the policy with the existing AppLocker policy in the GPO specified in the LDAP path.

For more information on how two policies are merged, see the Merge parameter description.







RELATED LINKS

Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=287251

Get-AppLockerFileInformation

Get-AppLockerPolicy

New-AppLockerPolicy

Test-AppLockerPolicy