Why Backup Group Policy?
Group Policy is a technology that allows an administrator to configure nearly every aspect of a Windows computer. The true benefit of Group Policy is the fact that it is centralized management of all Windows computers in the domain. There arent too many settings that Group Policy cant touch on a target Windows server or desktop. In summary, Group Policy is very powerful, flexible, granular, and dynamic. With this much power, if something were to go wrong, there needs to be a backup plan. With Group Policy controlling the Registry, security, software deployment, Internet Explorer, applications, drive mappings, printer mappings, and so much more, you can see how it is essential to backup these Group Policy Objects and their associated settings.