windows-itpro-docs/windows/security/application-security/application-control/windows-defender-application-control/applocker/determine-group-policy-structure-and-rule-enforcement.md

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Determine the Group Policy structure and rule enforcement	This overview article describes the process to follow when you're planning to deploy AppLocker rules.	medium	conceptual	12/22/2023

Determine the Group Policy structure and rule enforcement

This overview article describes the process to follow when you're planning to deploy AppLocker rules.

In this section

Article	Description
Understand AppLocker enforcement settings	This article describes the AppLocker enforcement settings for rule collections.
Understand AppLocker rules and enforcement setting inheritance in Group Policy	This article for the IT professional describes how application control policies configured in AppLocker are applied through Group Policy.
Document the Group Policy structure and AppLocker rule enforcement	This planning article describes what you need to investigate, determine, and document for your policy plan when you use AppLocker.

When determining how many Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to create for managing AppLocker policy in your organization, you should consider the following points:

• Whether you're creating new GPOs or using existing GPOs
• GPO naming conventions
• GPO size limits

Note

There is no fixed limit on the number of AppLocker rules that you can create. However, GPOs have a 100 MB size limit.