by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 19, 2016 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, PowerShell, sdm software
OK, so this is not a ‘new’ story but it is an interesting one. Since the first script kitties were writing viruses that did nefarious things we had ways to ensure we could limit their impact. Redirecting .vbs to notepad was super common. I saw a tweet...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 14, 2016 | Cool New Products
Group Policy’s Cross Platform History It was the early 2000s. I was at Quest Software–serving as CTO for the Windows management business. A lot of my job in those days involved looking at technologies to acquire. Even at that time, I had been a Group...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 14, 2016 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, Uncategorized, Videos
As you may have heard last week, or seen in our newsletter, or read graffiti’d all over the New York subway system, our Group Policy Automation Engine (GPAE) has added support to help organizations manage their Unix systems with Group Policy! OK, maybe that is a...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 9, 2016 | Desired State Configuration, PowerShell, sdm software
What a great week! I have been wanting to attend this summit for years and it just never got on my short priority list. This year was different and to be honest, it took DSC and DevOps to get me there. I love PowerShell, have been a fan for a very long time. Since my...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 18, 2016 | General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, Microsoft-Related, PowerShell, registry policy
Darren Mar-Elia and I spent some time this week with a group of consultants and service providers. These folks come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our goal was to talk about Group Policy, some best practices, and share some of our experiences of a...
