{"id":20,"date":"2007-04-06T01:04:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T06:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=20"},"modified":"2007-05-08T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T21:26:13","slug":"remotely-refresh-group-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/remotely-refresh-group-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Remotely Refresh Group Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Active Directory Group Policies refresh every 90 minutes on a client (with a plus\/minus 30 minute offset). 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