by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Just a quick one here folks, to let people know about a GP issue I heard about last week, that I’ve since learned was introduced as part of an August Windows update. The issue is as follows. In GP Preferences, there’s an option to filter application of...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Mar 22, 2018 | General, Uncategorized
Long before I got into the software business, and even during that time, I was first and foremost, an IT guy. I have spent nearly 20 years of my 30+ years in technology in IT–mostly in large organizations. Much of that time, I worked as an infrastructure...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 20, 2017 | Freeware, Uncategorized
One of the very first freeware projects I undertook when I started SDM Software, was to build a PowerShell snap-in (yes, they were called snap-ins back then) for Group Policy. That was back in 2007, long before Microsoft had their own Group Policy module...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 22, 2017 | Security Policy, Uncategorized
Delegation–A Blessing or a Curse? I’ve been wanting to sit down and write this blog post about AD information exposure for a couple of weeks now, and am finally finding the time to do so. For those of you who follow my blog, you know that I posted nearly a...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
As promised I posted a quick video (OK not too quick) to walk through using the PowerShell pieces of GPO Reporting Pak to remove empty GPOs. The previous post describes the process and this video simply provides the walk through. There are so may things that one can...
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...
