Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
GPO Compare 2.8 Ships!
Hi folks. Just wanted to drop a quick posting to let folks know that last week, we shipped a minor update to our popular GPO Compare product--version 2.8! This new version included some big and little things to help make GPO comparisons much easier. To review, GPO...
Group Policy vs. Desired State Configuration vs. …
If you haven't read my most recent post on Desired State Configuration (DSC)--the new feature coming with the Windows Management Framework v4 (i.e. PowerShell v4, which will ship in the box in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012-R2) then I encourage you to check it...
SDM Software Founder Darren Mar-Elia Giving Group Policy Webinar — July 24th
Next Wednesday, July 24th, SDM Software CTO & Founder Darren Mar-Elia will be giving a webinar entitled, "Achieve Better Group Policy Lifecycle Management with SDM Software", where he'll discuss and demo our new Group Policy Auditing & Attestation product....
An In-Depth Walkthrough of Desired State Configuration in PowerShell Windows Management Framework v4
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my first experiences with the new Desired State Configuration (DSC) feature that is part of Windows Server 2012-R2 and Windows 8.1 Preview (and will also be available for Windows 8/2012 and Windows 7/2008-R2). I got a chance to...
Understanding Group Policy Caching in Windows 8.1
The other day I tweeted about an article posted on the Microsoft TechNet site, that gave a brief overview of the new Group Policy features coming in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012, R2. One of the items mentioned in the article, albeit briefly, was a new "Group...
Group Policy Attestation and tackling GPO bloat
We released a new product last month called Group Policy Auditing & Attestation (GPAA), which provides Group Policy change auditing, rollback, and a cool feature called "GPO Attestation". If you work for a company that is regulated by one of the various government...
Group Policy Change Auditing and Attestation from SDM Software
A couple of weeks ago at Microsoft's TechEd North America conference, we (SDM Software) exhibited at the Tech Expo there, showing off both our existing products, like GPO Exporter and GPO Compare, as well as our brand-new offering: Group Policy Auditing and...
Desired State Configuration in Windows 8.1 and Group Policy
On Monday, here at TechEd North America, Microsoft took the wraps off of some new technology that will be shipping when Windows 8.1 is released later this year. I had had a preview of this technology a few weeks ago and was happy to see it finally made public. At the...
Group Policy at TechEd 2013
Hi folks. Just a quick note about next week's Microsoft TechEd North America conference in New Orleans. If you plan to be at the show and are looking for Group Policy sessions, you will be surprised, as I was, to learn that NO Group Policy sessions are being offered...
Slow Boot/Slow Logon, Group Policy and SDM Software
Just a quick note to let folks know that, in case you missed it, the Group Policy product team at Microsoft posted a nice blog entry discussing Group Policy design decisions that can impact Windows boot and logon times. And, most cool for us, they referenced our...