GPOZaurr/Website/content/examples/backup-disabled-or-empty-gpos.md

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Back up disabled or empty GPOs	Back up selected Group Policy Objects and verify the resulting backup set.	docs

This example shows a practical starting point for cleaning up or reviewing older Group Policy environments before deeper remediation work.

It comes from the source example at Examples/Example-01-BackupGPOs.ps1.

When to use this pattern

• You want to back up stale or disabled GPOs before any cleanup work.
• You need a quick inventory of what was actually exported.
• You want a repeatable backup step before broader Group Policy review.

Example

Import-Module "$PSScriptRoot\..\GPoZaurr.psd1" -Force

$GPOSummary = Backup-GPOZaurr `
    -BackupPath "$Env:UserProfile\Desktop\GPO" `
    -Verbose `
    -Type Disabled, Empty `
    -IncludeDomains 'corp.example.com'

$GPOSummary | Format-Table -AutoSize

if ($GPOSummary) {
    Get-GPOZaurrBackupInformation -BackupFolder $GPOSummary[0].BackupDirectory | Format-Table -AutoSize
}

What this demonstrates

• targeted GPO backup instead of exporting everything blindly
• focusing on disabled or empty policies first
• validating the produced backup set after the export

Source

• Example-01-BackupGPOs.ps1