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:

1. Configure one or more servers with the policy created by SCW.
2. Analyze one or more servers with the policy created by SCW.
3. View analysis results in HTML format.
4. Roll-back SCW policies.
5. Convert a policy created by SCW to the original files supported by Group Policy group policy.
6. 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:

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