by Kevin Sullivan | Jan 12, 2026 | Cloud, General, Group Policy, Group Policy Design, Tips & Tricks, Windows Intune
As organizations move from traditional on-premises Group Policy to cloud-based device management with Microsoft Intune, a common challenge emerges: what to do with existing custom ADMX files. These files often represent years of investment in policy enforcement for...
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...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 17, 2013 | Group Policy Design, Group Policy Reporting
Folks- I’ve been wanting to record a video for a while now, where I talk about some specific examples of how our GPO Exporter product can really help customers get a handle on their Group Policy environments. In this new video I talk about the challenges...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 11, 2013 | Group Policy, Group Policy Design, sdm software, Tips & Tricks
A fair bit of what we do here at SDM Software is helping folks get a handle on their Group Policy environments. Using products such as our GPO Reporting Pak, we’ve had lots of customers clean up and reduce the clutter (not to mention improve desktop performance)...
by Darren Mar-Elia | May 24, 2013 | Group Policy Design, Group Policy Performance, Tips & Tricks, whitepapers
Just a quick note to let folks know that, in case you missed it, the Group Policy product team at Microsoft posted a nice blog entry discussing Group Policy design decisions that can impact Windows boot and logon times. And, most cool for us, they referenced our...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 28, 2013 | Group Policy, Group Policy Design, sdm software, Webinar
Don’t forget to register for our upcoming Group Policy design webinar this Wednesday, January 30th, at 9am Pacific Time (GMT-8). Details at the link below, but here is a quick synopsis: Title Optimizing Group Policy Design and Performance with SDM Software...
