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======Microsoft - Active Directory - Group Policy - Preferences - Printers======

====CRUD mode====
// Tested on Windows Server 2012 R2. //

ALWAYS add printers with Action set to Create.

NEVER set it to Replace (or set "Remove this item when it is no longer applied"), unless you want:
  * All printers with Replace action to be removed and re-created at *every* group policy refresh.
  * The default printer to be set to the printer that is at 1 in the Order of the group policy printer preferences at *every* group policy refresh. Even if the user selected one of the other printers from the same GPO as default.

Sources:
  - Personal experience.
  - [[https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6bbb0877-1df3-47dc-a5b8-2d8586be88da/gpp-tcpip-printers-uninstallreinstall-durring-background-refresh?forum=winserverGP|Microsoft - Windows Server Forum - GPP TCP/IP Printers Uninstall/Reinstall durring background refresh]]
  - [[https://deployhappiness.com/best-practices-for-group-policy-printer-preferences/|DeployHappiness - Best Practices for Group Policy Printer Preferences]]