Scwcmd command in Windows

(Applies to: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012)

The command line tool Scwcmd.exe included in the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) can be used to perform the following tasks:

• Configure one or more servers with the policy created by SCW.
• Analyze one or more servers with the policy created by SCW.
• View analysis results in HTML format.
• Roll-back SCW policies.
• Convert a policy created by SCW to the original files supported by Group Policy group policy.
• Register the security configuration database extension (Security Configuration Database extension) with SCW.

When you use scwcmd to configure, analyze, or roll-back policies on remote servers, the SCW must also be installed on that remote server.

Syntax command Scwcmd

 scwcmd  [] 

Parameter command Scwcmd

Child orders

Describe

/ analyze

Determine if the computer is compliant with the policy.

/ configure

Apply security policy created by SCW to computer.

/ register

Expand or customize the SCW security configuration database by registering a security configuration database file that has a role, task, service, or port definition.

/ rollback

Apply the latest available roll-back policy, and then delete that roll-back policy.

/ transform

Convert the security policy file created using SCW into a new Group Policy object (GPO) in Active Directory Domain Services.

/ view

Limit the .xml file using the specified .xsl transform.

/?

Show help at thecommand prompt.

See more:

• Use the Security Configuration Wizard with TMG 2010
• Learn about the Security Configuration Wizard in Exchange Server 2007 - Part 1
• Learn about Windows Server 2012 (Part 1)
• Instructions for installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2016