by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 5, 2026 | Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
If you’ve worked with Group Policy for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the term ‘registry tattooing’. The concept dates back to NT 4.0 System Policies, for those Windows veterans who remember it. Tattooing occurred when a registry-based policy...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 19, 2017 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, sdm software
PowerShell has increased in popularity quite a bit over the past few years. I recall my initial reaction to Jeffrey Snover’s ‘Monad Manifesto’ that was published back in 2002 or so. It was quite revolutionary. Over the years it has been exciting to...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 17, 2017 | Cool New Products, Freeware, General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, registry policy, sdm software
Darren took the time to prove to us that even the greatest tools can be improved! Thank you for that. The Registry Policy Viewer that GPOGuy introduced years ago has continued to be a favorite. A few new features have been added and some really interesting usability...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 15, 2016 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, sdm software
Part II of our GPO Impact Analysis. For the purpose of this post the primary capability of Export-SDMGPSettings is to grab a ‘snapshot’ of all of the settings managed in a set of GPOs. Export-SDMGPSettings is one of the core cmdlets that make up the...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 8, 2016 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, sdm software
One of the many scenarios that organizations contend with is impact analysis. For SDM Software this is about configuration and most importantly security configuration. For example, what happens if you go into Active Directory Users and Computers and move Server1 from...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 28, 2016 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
Find and Delete All Empty GPOs The SDM Software GPO Reporting Pak is full of nifty features and is simple to use. There are many common scenarios that organizations require. The PowerShell components of the product are sometimes overlooked. From discussions with...
