by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 22, 2018 | General, Uncategorized
Long before I got into the software business, and even during that time, I was first and foremost, an IT guy. I have spent nearly 20 years of my 30+ years in technology in IT–mostly in large organizations. Much of that time, I worked as an infrastructure...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 29, 2017 | General Stuff
All- Over the past few years, I’ve sent out a survey to the general population looking at trends in Group Policy usage. I’ve updated the survey for this year and it is now live and ready for your responses. It should take only about 5 minutes or less to...
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 | Aug 17, 2017 | General Stuff
If you’ve been in the Microsoft infrastructure scene for a while, you probably remember the original NetPro Directory Experts Conference (DEC). DEC was THE conference to be at if you were an AD guy–or looking to improve your skills. Legends in the space...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 11, 2017 | Tips & Tricks
I recently had someone ask if there was a way to get rid of those pesky “Extra Registry Settings” that sometimes appear in a GPO settings report in GPMC. You know, the ones that look like this: These settings arise...
