samba - Mar 2023 - Missing features in RSAT Group Policy Manager (Debian as Samba PDC)

This took me a while to figure out because for some reason all of a sudden
I was able to see the *Account Policies *and *Local Policies *from Windows
11 RSAT Group Policy Manager.
After rebooting Windows 11 these policies disappeared again to never
return, and on the existing Windows 10 Pro machine these policies weren't
visible at all, ever.

I did a fresh Windows 10 Pro install, using an older ISO from MSDN, 20H2
update and all policies were visible using Windows 10 RSAT Group Policy
Manager.
After several reboots I noticed everything kept working as should. I was
able to create GPO's, set permissions, deploy MSI's, map drives.

So what Windows versions work?
*Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 (10.0.19042)*

Those that do not work:
*Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.19045)*
*Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.22621)*

I am assuming some security update is causing these issues so I will update
the working *Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2* build with Windows Updates until
it doesn't work anymore.

On 14.03.2023 16:47, Dennis Binkhorst via samba wrote:
> This took me a while to figure out because for some reason all of a sudden
> I was able to see the *Account Policies *and *Local Policies *from Windows
> 11 RSAT Group Policy Manager.
> After rebooting Windows 11 these policies disappeared again to never
> return, and on the existing Windows 10 Pro machine these policies
weren't
> visible at all, ever.
>
> I did a fresh Windows 10 Pro install, using an older ISO from MSDN, 20H2
> update and all policies were visible using Windows 10 RSAT Group Policy
> Manager.
> After several reboots I noticed everything kept working as should. I was
> able to create GPO's, set permissions, deploy MSI's, map drives.
>
> So what Windows versions work?
> *Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 (10.0.19042)*
>
> Those that do not work:
> *Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.19045)*
> *Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 (10.0.22621)*
>
> I am assuming some security update is causing these issues so I will update
> the working *Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2* build with Windows Updates until
> it doesn't work anymore.
Hi Dennis,

That's utterly strange. I have got Windows 10 Pro 22H2 installed and 
both policies are available in the RSAT tool. I have got the RSAT tools 
installed for a couple of years, and always upgraded my Windows 10 
installation when major upgrades were available. I searched for this 
problem and there was a hit on:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/group-policy-areas-missing

There were some more hits, but the one above seemed to nail the problems 
you have got. I'm no wizard with GPO's, but it seems this a M$ problem, 
not a Samba problem.

Best regards,

Peter