by Kevin Sullivan | Dec 11, 2025 | Cloud, General Stuff, Microsoft-Related
Microsoft recently announced plans to include Intune Suite capabilities in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 licenses. This is really big news that customers have been asking for and about since the Intune Suite was announced a few years ago. It is a statement that the company...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 18, 2016 | General Stuff, GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, Microsoft-Related, PowerShell, registry policy
Darren Mar-Elia and I spent some time this week with a group of consultants and service providers. These folks come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our goal was to talk about Group Policy, some best practices, and share some of our experiences of a...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 5, 2013 | Desired State Configuration, Group Policy, Microsoft-Related, MSTeched, PowerShell
On Monday, here at TechEd North America, Microsoft took the wraps off of some new technology that will be shipping when Windows 8.1 is released later this year. I had had a preview of this technology a few weeks ago and was happy to see it finally made public. At the...
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 | Jan 7, 2013 | Group Policy, Group Policy Design, Group Policy Reporting, Group Policy Tools, Microsoft-Related, sdm software, Server 2012, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
Just a quick note to let folks know that the interview I gave with TechNet Radio about the changes for Group Policy in Server 2012/Windows 8 is up now at:...
by Darren Mar-Elia | May 1, 2012 | General Stuff, Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, Microsoft-Related
I was reading Paul Thurrott’s most recent column on the Windows IT Pro Magazine website today. The column ostensibly talked about naming of features and products in Windows 8, but at the bottom, was this interesting tidbit, “Blurring the lines in a way...
