by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 15, 2012 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, MMS 2012, PowerShell, sdm software
Just a quick note that I finally got around to updating our freeware Group Policy Health Cmdlet to add module support for PowerShell v2. Hopefully this makes the cmdlet more discoverable for those of you using it in PowerShell v2 (probably everybody!). The module name...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 5, 2012 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
I’m proud to announce that today we released GPO Exporter 1.5. This new release represents a huge step up in the arsenal of tools for analyzing and optimizing Group Policy deployments. I can’t tell you how many IT folks come to me and ask how they can ...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 26, 2012 | Cool New Products, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, sdm software, Tips & Tricks, Videos
One of the cool things I like about our Group Policy Automation Engine product is the scenarios that it’s open up by providing what is essentially an automation portal into GPOs. One of those key scenarios is the ability to automate additions and changes to...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 21, 2012 | Cool New Products, GPMC, GPOGUY.COM, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
One of the challenges of the GPMC’s reporting is that it is not easy to find GPOs that have had Deny ACEs (Access Control Entries) set on their delegation. Deny ACEs are typically used to deny a particular user, computer or group from applying a GPO. I always...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 6, 2012 | Cool New Products, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, Videos
Today we released an updated version of our widely used GPO Compare product. The 2.5 release brings some cool new features and improvements over 2.0, including: Ability to now compare up to 4 GPOs or GPO backups, for comparing GPOs or backups against a baseline GPO...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Dec 14, 2011 | GPMC, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, WMI Filters
WMI Filters have been available as a mechanism for filtering the effects of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) since Server 2003 & XP shipped. They are a valuable tool in your Group Policy Management arsenal. As the name implies, WMI filters allow you to filter the...
