by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 28, 2016 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Reporting, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
Find and Delete All Empty GPOs The SDM Software GPO Reporting Pak is full of nifty features and is simple to use. There are many common scenarios that organizations require. The PowerShell components of the product are sometimes overlooked. From discussions with...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 16, 2016 | GP Troubleshooting, Group Policy Blog, PowerShell, Security-related
Hello Group Policy fans enthusiasts happy people! Darren and I had a quick discussion about his script to remediate the problems created by applying MS16-072 and GP processing. Read Darren’s previous post for context but here is a recording of our discussion....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 19, 2016 | Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, PowerShell, sdm software
OK, so this is not a ‘new’ story but it is an interesting one. Since the first script kitties were writing viruses that did nefarious things we had ways to ensure we could limit their impact. Redirecting .vbs to notepad was super common. I saw a tweet...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 14, 2016 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Automation, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, Uncategorized, Videos
As you may have heard last week, or seen in our newsletter, or read graffiti’d all over the New York subway system, our Group Policy Automation Engine (GPAE) has added support to help organizations manage their Unix systems with Group Policy! OK, maybe that is a...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 9, 2016 | Desired State Configuration, PowerShell, sdm software
What a great week! I have been wanting to attend this summit for years and it just never got on my short priority list. This year was different and to be honest, it took DSC and DevOps to get me there. I love PowerShell, have been a fan for a very long time. Since my...
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...
