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 | Apr 8, 2015 | PowerShell
Last night I had the opportunity to present at the Pacific IT Pros user group meeting in San Francisco. As this blog title indicates, the topic was using PowerShell to manage Group Policy. This is a talk I’ve given before, but I updated it to reflect newer...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 23, 2015 | Training
I’ve spread the news a bit on social media, but I wanted to officially blog about the fact that my “Group Policy Fundamentals” video training course is now available for Pluralsight subscribers. This course was definitely a labor of love for...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 13, 2015 | Security-related
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a couple of patches that addressed vulnerabilities in our good friend Group Policy. First, I will say that it’s relatively rare to see such vulnerabilities directly effect Group Policy function, like this one does....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 4, 2015 | Group Policy Design
I’m sure everyone has heard the phrase, “when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail”. Sometimes Group Policy can be this way. I’ve been doing Group Policy now, for, well…a long time. Before that, I was an early aficionado of...