by Darren Mar-Elia | Dec 21, 2016 | General Stuff, Group Policy Automation, PowerShell
Fans of PowerShell We are all fans right? We have been for a while. PowerShell is one of those things that the more you learn, the more you explore, the more you play, the more you appreciate what it has to offer. Some very simple things can prove to be very exciting....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 7, 2016 | AD, General Stuff, PowerShell
By now most of us are aware that Active Directory dates are not the easiest bits of data to deal with. Wrapping our heads around how AD stores and deals with dates is very interesting on an intellectual level, and equally infuriating on a productivity level. Accessing...
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...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 3, 2016 | Desired State Configuration, Freeware, General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, GPOGUY.COM, Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, PowerShell, registry policy, sdm software, Tips & Tricks, Videos
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) can contain many different kinds of settings. Much of that data is simple registry data. Finding registry settings in GPOs and handling them is not the simplest of tasks and requires some PowerShell. Microsoft has provided some cmdlets for...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 10, 2015 | General Stuff, Group Policy, Group Policy Automation, PowerShell
Just a quick tip. I found this a bit too cool not to share. I was working in the PowerShell ISE building up a demo script for our Group Policy Automation Engine. If you are not familiar with it you should be! Anyway, as I built it up I used some variable names that...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 19, 2015 | General Stuff, Group Policy Management, PowerShell, sdm software, SQL CE
While working through a challenge I stumbled through a few interesting items that are worth jotting down. I’ve used both of these constructs before but I had to re-search for some assistance. This created the realization that I need the answers closer at hand,...
