by ninjas | Oct 1, 2018 | Whitepaper
(This article was originally written way back in the early 2000s. I’ve finally gotten around to updating it for the modern era 😊) Group Policy leverages a complex and sometimes inconsistent model when it comes to storing the settings that you specify within a Group...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 27, 2016 | Whitepaper
In this whitepaper, SDM Software Founder and CTO Darren Mar-Elia covers the role that Group Policy plays in privileged access management within your environment, and how you can use Group Policy to mitigate how an attacker can move around your environment using...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 31, 2016 | Whitepaper
13-time Microsoft Group Policy MVP & SDM Software founder Darren Mar-Elia, shares highlights on what’s new in Group Policy for Windows 10, some best practices for leveraging these new settings, and things you should think about with respect to overall Group...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 28, 2016 | Whitepaper
What is Desired State Configuration? How is it related to Group Policy? This paper is authored to start a conversation to answer these questions. On the surface they may seem simple, but the ability to answer the question thoughtfully takes some knowledge of what this...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 12, 2016 | Whitepaper
This whitepaper provides a high level overview of our experiences and recommendations around modernizing your Group Policy environment, with an eye towards getting the most from your Windows configuration management technologies. The paper describes a step-by-step...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jun 1, 2016 | Whitepaper
This whitepaper provides an introduction to the features and capabilities found in Group Policy Preferences–an extension to Windows Group Policy that Microsoft incorporated into Windows Vista and newer versions of the OS. GP Preferences extends Group Policy with...