by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 1, 2013 | Group Policy Management, IE Maintenance Policy, IE Policy, Microsoft-Related
Thanks to fellow Group Policy MVP Alan Burchill for warning about this–apparently if you install Internet Explorer 10 on your Windows 7 workstation, and you also happen to manage Group Policy from that machine, the IE 10 installation removes the option to edit...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 8, 2013 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell
Just a quick note to share a great site that I stumbled upon today (not sure how I hadn’t seen it sooner). It’s a Microsoft TechNet site up on their Scripting Center, that lists a bunch of user-provided PowerShell scripts for managing Group Policy, ...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 7, 2013 | Bugs, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, RSOP, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
In recent days, I’ve become aware of a couple of interesting “features” around Group Policy in Windows 8. Both were reported by other users and I confirmed their behavior on my own. The first issue, which I would categorize as a bug, is the...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 23, 2013 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Performance, Group Policy Reporting, Group Policy Tools, whitepapers
As I mentioned in a previous post, our new version of GPO Exporter 2.0 includes a set of free reports that help to identify GPOs and GPO designs that can impact desktop boot and logon performance. I also mentioned that we would be creating a whitepaper that explains...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 15, 2013 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Design, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Reporting, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
Today I’m happy to announce that SDM Software has released our 2.0 version of GPO Exporter! I’m really excited about this release because I think it represents a new milestone in an organization’s ability to get insight and add manageability to Group...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 4, 2013 | Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, sdm software
Well, I don’t know about anyone else, but I am hard pressed to understand how another year has come and gone. Here at SDM, we have been non-stop busy delivering awesome new Group Policy Management Tools to you, our customers. 2012 marked another banner year for...
