by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 14, 2015 | Azure, General Stuff, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks
I was needing to test something on an unpatched 2008 R2 box and in my Azure lab the subnet that machine was pointed to was all full up! So, how to fix it? Of course PowerShell to the rescue. I wrote up a quick walkthrough of what I did to move the machine. Check it...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 16, 2015 | General Stuff, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
Hello everyone! I posted a quick video on polviewer.exe. The tool called ‘Registry.pol Reader’ is a free tool Darren Mar-Elia built to solve a pretty important issue. And because he’s a great guy, there is that! The need for the tool is pretty...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 15, 2015 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks
Troubleshooting is a bit of an art form. It requires creativity but that creativity needs to be expressed inside certain parameters. Those parameters depend on what is being troubleshot. (Is that really a word?) There is a TechNet article that has been around for...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 8, 2015 | AD, Desired State Configuration, GP Troubleshooting, GPMC, Group Policy, PowerShell, sdm software, Security Policy
Hi everyone! I hope you are well and you all had a great summer. I have to admit I’m torn, not quite enough Summer for me (or my kids) but I’m extremely excited to get back into a rhythm and get cranking on some great work this year. We have an amazing...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 4, 2015 | Security-related
Just a quick follow up to my previous post on Group Policy Preference password remediation–our very own Kevin Sullivan posted a great video walkthrough of the problem and our tool for remediating these passwords. Enjoy! Darren