From a security standpoint, gpupdate /force is the primary remediation tool for "Policy Drift."
During a force update, the CPU utilization of the client machine spikes as the gpsvc.exe process parses XML templates and writes to the registry. On older hardware or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) gold images, this can cause temporary system unresponsiveness.
Administrators can use the Invoke-GPUpdate cmdlet to refresh policies on a specific remote machine: Invoke-GPUpdate -Computer "DeviceName" -Force