Importing GPO Security Baselines with PowerShell

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:00:42 +0000

Okay there’s this rule , if you do something manually for the third time, it’s about time to think of automating it. Here’s a script that I created to create Group Policy Objects and import the security baseline settings. The script will work with any security baseline that is provided with Group Policy backups e.g. Microsoft Security baseline, CIS, NSA.

Let me show you this with an example:

First download the latest Microsoft Security baseline which is included in the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55319 there download Windows 10 Version 1903 and Windows Server Version 1903 Security Baseline - Sept2019Update.zip and Office365-ProPlus-Sept2019-FINAL.zip (or just the latest versions available).

Configuration Manager - DCM Import Error

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:28:35 +0000

While importing a Configuration Manager Configuration Baseline within our lab infrastructure that I had previously exported from our production environment I received the following error:

“The following files could not be imported because they contain incorrect or missing configuration data:

…..CAB - The cab file references missing content or contains a circular reference”

This configuration baseline contains several configuration items, but sadly the error message doesn’t provide a clear message about which item causes a problem.

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Importing GPO Security Baselines with PowerShell

Configuration Manager - DCM Import Error