by Darren Mar-Elia | Dec 15, 2025 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks
For more than two decades, administrators have relied on Group Policy to centrally manage and configure settings across users and computers within their domains. However, this powerful tool wouldn’t be of much use without the ADMX file, which defines and structures...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 20, 2025 | Group Policy Management, News
Migrate selected settings, validate Intune support up front, and combine multiple GPOs into a single profile for cleaner policy management Cloud adoption means finding efficient ways to transition long-standing on-premises Group Policy Objects (GPOs) into Microsoft...
by Michael Johnson | Oct 6, 2025 | Group Policy Change Control FAQ, Group Policy Management
This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) article covers information about Windows Group Policy Change Control, Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management retirement, and SDM Software’s solutions for addressing this challenge. Q: Is there a solution that can...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Dec 8, 2015 | Desired State Configuration, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, registry policy
Group Policy has been a bit of a comfort for many of us for the past 15 years. It is a technology that is full of promise and capability. It is sufficiently complex, and incredibly powerful. As PowerShell has evolved to embrace configuration with Desired State...
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,...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 16, 2015 | General Stuff, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
Hello everyone! I posted a quick video on polviewer.exe. The tool called ‘Registry.pol Reader’ is a free tool Darren Mar-Elia built to solve a pretty important issue. And because he’s a great guy, there is that! The need for the tool is pretty...
