by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 21, 2014 | Group Policy Preferences, IE Policy, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
An astute reader of this blog brought an interesting scenario to my attention, and I spent some time confirming it. For those of you running Windows 8 (or 8.1) there’s a neat “feature” that allows your users to circumvent controls you put in place...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 7, 2013 | Bugs, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, RSOP, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
In recent days, I’ve become aware of a couple of interesting “features” around Group Policy in Windows 8. Both were reported by other users and I confirmed their behavior on my own. The first issue, which I would categorize as a bug, is the...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 14, 2013 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Reporting, Group Policy Tools, sdm software, Webinar, Windows 8
I’m happy to announce that on January 30th at 9am Pacific Time (GMT-8), SDM Software will be presenting a webinar entitled, “Optimizing Group Policy Design and Performance with SDM Software”. In this webinar, fellow Group Policy MVP Derek Melber and...
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 | Dec 14, 2012 | Cool New Products, Group Policy Performance, Group Policy Reporting, Group Policy Tools, sdm software, Windows 8
If you’ve followed my blog postings and articles recently, you know that I’ve been speaking and writing on decisions that you can make in your Group Policy design that impact GP processing performance, and often, perceived desktop performance by the end...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 30, 2012 | Group Policy, Group Policy Tools, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this post on the MSDN site, reviewing some of the new Group Policy features in Windows 8/Server 2012. One of those features was a new PowerShell cmdlet in the Group Policy PowerShell module called invoke-gpupdate. This cmdlet, as the name...
