by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 20, 2017 | Freeware, Uncategorized
One of the very first freeware projects I undertook when I started SDM Software, was to build a PowerShell snap-in (yes, they were called snap-ins back then) for Group Policy. That was back in 2007, long before Microsoft had their own Group Policy module...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 27, 2015 | Ignite
Hi Folks- Just a quick heads up–there’s a lot going on in the next two weeks in Microsoft-land. This week is the developer-oriented Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco, where a lot of new announcements are expected. Following close on the heels of...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 14, 2012 | Group Policy Management, IE Maintenance Policy, Windows 8
Fellow Group Policy MVP Alan Burchill brought this topic up on our GP MVP mailing list and I had to look into it. He pointed out that in the release candidate for Server 2012/Windows 8, the IE Maintenance Policy node can no longer be found within GP Editor, as shown...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 2, 2009 | General Stuff
Well, I received the always welcome email yesterday indicating that my Group Policy MVP status has been renewed. Its an honor to receive this status, though I have to admit that it was touch and go as yesterday dragged on with no notification, until I realized that...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 4, 2008 | Group Policy Preferences
I’ve seen a lot of interest in Group Policy Preferences since its release, and a lot of confusion about whether you can use it if you don’t have Windows Server 2008 in your environment (you can!) so I thought it would be useful to create a quick whitepaper...