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...
by Darren Mar-Elia | May 27, 2016 | Whitepaper, whitepapers
Whitepaper describing how to use the Software Installation feature in Group Policy....
by Darren Mar-Elia | May 27, 2016 | Whitepaper
This whitepaper describes how you can automate changes to Group Policy settings using the SDM Software Group Policy Automation Engine (GPAE). GPAE provides a PowerShell interface for managing GPO settings. Download...