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Microsoft GroupPolicy reference: Assigns a new display name to a GPO. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.
Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Rename-GPO. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Supported environments
Windows / GroupPolicy · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
Parameters
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Domain
Specifies the domain for this cmdlet. You must specify the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain. For the Rename-GPO cmdlet, this is the domain of the GPO that you want to rename. If you do not specify the Domain parameter, the domain of the user that is running the current session is used. If the cmdlet is being run from a computer startup or shutdown script, the domain of the computer is used. For more information, see the Notes section in the full Help. If you specify a domain that is different from the domain of the user that is running the current session (or, for a startup or shutdown script, the computer), a trust must exist between that domain and the domain of the user or the computer. You can also refer to the Domain parameter by its built-in alias, DomainName. For more information, see about_Aliases.
-Guid (required)
Specifies the GPO to rename by its globally unique identifier (GUID). The GUID uniquely identifies the GPO. You can also refer to the Guid parameter by its built-in alias, Id.
-Name (required)
Specifies the GPO to rename by its current display name. The display name is not guaranteed to be unique in the domain. If another GPO with the same display name exists in the domain, an error occurs. You can use the Guid parameter to uniquely identify a GPO. You can also refer to the Name parameter by its built-in alias, DisplayName.
-Server
Specifies the name of the domain controller that this cmdlet contacts to complete the operation. You can specify either the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the host name. If you do not specify the name by using the Server parameter, the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator is contacted. You can also refer to the Server parameter by its built-in alias, DC.
-TargetName (required)
Specifies the new display name of the GPO. Because the display name may not be unique, an error is returned if another GPO in the domain has the same display name.
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Prerequisites
Windows with the GroupPolicy module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.
Security considerations
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.
This command renames the GPO named SampleGPO to SecurityGPO. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.