[Samba] Missing features in RSAT Group Policy Manager (Debian as Samba PDC)

[Peter Milesson]

On 14.03.2023 16:47, Dennis Binkhorst via samba wrote:
> This took me a while to figure out because for some reason all of a sudden
> I was able to see the *Account Policies *and *Local Policies *from Windows
> 11 RSAT Group Policy Manager.
> After rebooting Windows 11 these policies disappeared again to never
> return, and on the existing Windows 10 Pro machine these policies weren't
> visible at all, ever.
>
> I did a fresh Windows 10 Pro install, using an older ISO from MSDN, 20H2
> update and all policies were visible using Windows 10 RSAT Group Policy
> Manager.
> After several reboots I noticed everything kept working as should. I was
> able to create GPO's, set permissions, deploy MSI's, map drives.
>
> So what Windows versions work?
> *Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 (10.0.19042)*
>
> Those that do not work:
> *Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.19045)*
> *Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.22621)*
>
> I am assuming some security update is causing these issues so I will update
> the working *Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2* build with Windows Updates until
> it doesn't work anymore.
Hi Dennis,

That's utterly strange. I have got Windows 10 Pro 22H2 installed and 
both policies are available in the RSAT tool. I have got the RSAT tools 
installed for a couple of years, and always upgraded my Windows 10 
installation when major upgrades were available. I searched for this 
problem and there was a hit on:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/group-policy-areas-missing

There were some more hits, but the one above seemed to nail the problems 
you have got. I'm no wizard with GPO's, but it seems this a M$ problem, 
not a Samba problem.

Best regards,

Peter