by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 20, 2026 | Tips & Tricks
On Twitter/X I saw a thread about managing Windows Services using Group Policy. The poster talked about using the setting area under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesWindows SettingsSecurity SettingsSystem Services to control Windows Service startup settings (e.g.,...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 15, 2026 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools
Anyone who manages Group Policy (GP) knows about the gpupdate.exe utility that ships with Windows. GPUpdate’s job is to refresh Group Policy manually, rather than relying on Windows to do it on its own schedule. Specifically, it can be used to force the system to ask...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 20, 2025 | Group Policy Management, News
Migrate selected settings, validate Intune support up front, and combine multiple GPOs into a single profile for cleaner policy management Cloud adoption means finding efficient ways to transition long-standing on-premises Group Policy Objects (GPOs) into Microsoft...
