New OUs and groups take very long to reflect in Group Policy Management

Soar 121 Reputation points
2023-05-10T21:03:26.4333333+00:00

When I create an OU or group in Active Directory Users and Computers, it takes a very long time to appear in Group Policy Management.

Is there a way to reflect it right away in Group Policy Management?

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Anonymous
2023-05-12T02:59:03.7733333+00:00

Hello Soar,

Thank you for posting in our Q&A forum.

How many DCs are there in your domain?

If you check newly created OU or group one DC, whether you check the OU or/ and group in Group Policy Management in the same DC?

If so, I suggest you can close Group Policy Management tool and reopen Group Policy Management tool to check the new OU you created.

Or maybe you have multiple, you can if check AD replication is complete on these DCs.

Hope the information above is helpful. If you have any question or concern, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,
Daisy Zhou

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  1. 57291279 40 Reputation points
    2026-09-16T22:29:49.54+00:00

    Create the new OU in GPMC using the link provided by right clicking on the domain.

    Create new OU in GPMC and ADUC

    I argued with CoPilot about this for an hour and submitted feedback because its answers were incorrect.
    My experience proves that if you create the new OU in GPMC, it shows up immediately in ADUC for the domain controller you created it on. Sure, it has to replicate to all the other DC's, but creating the new OU using the link provided is a direct interface to ADUC. Creating here is immediate. CoPilot does not understand the semantics. It kept telling me YOU CANNOT CREATE a OU in GPMC. True on one hand. GPMC can't do it, but the link is provided so Admins can create new OU's quickly and not have to force a replication.

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  2. Soar 121 Reputation points
    2023-05-13T05:18:27.1233333+00:00

    I have 4 DCs, but so far only worked from one of them.

    I just created an OU, then opened Group Policy Management. I closed and reopened. But the new OU didn't show there.

    I replicated to the main DC, waited for a few minutes. It did.

    Does this mean that despite the fact I use Group Policy Management on the same DC on which I create those OUs and Groups, they need to replicate first to the main DC in order for Group Policy Management to show them?

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