Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
A Couple of Good Windows 8 Issues Around Group Policy
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 following. As you probably...
Group Policy Design Webinar this Wednesday!
Don't forget to register for our upcoming Group Policy design webinar this Wednesday, January 30th, at 9am Pacific Time (GMT-8). Details at the link below, but here is a quick synopsis: Title Optimizing Group Policy Design and Performance with SDM Software Description...
New Whitepaper on Group Policy Slow Boot/Slow Logon Reports
As I mentioned in a previous post, our new version of GPO Exporter 2.0 includes a set of free reports that help to identify GPOs and GPO designs that can impact desktop boot and logon performance. I also mentioned that we would be creating a whitepaper that explains...
GPO Exporter 2.0 Released!
Today I'm happy to announce that SDM Software has released our 2.0 version of GPO Exporter! I'm really excited about this release because I think it represents a new milestone in an organization's ability to get insight and add manageability to Group Policy as a...
Register for our Group Policy Design Webinar on January 30th– Two Group Policy MVPs Presenting about Group Policy!
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 myself will be...
My TechNet Radio Interview on Group Policy in Server 2012 (and more!)
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:...
Happy New Year from SDM Software!
Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I am hard pressed to understand how another year has come and gone. Here at SDM, we have been non-stop busy delivering awesome new Group Policy Management Tools to you, our customers. 2012 marked another banner year for us,...
Configuring Event Logs with Group Policy
I was trolling around GP Editor in Windows 8 and found a set of Administrative Template settings that I had not seen before. Interestingly, those setting did indeed exist in Windows 7 (and probably Vista) so it was just me missing them. Prior to those OS releases, if...
Expensive Group Policy Preferences Item-Level Targeting
In my previous blog post, I wrote about some new reporting we'll be providing in version 2.0 of our GPO Exporter product. One of the reports in that new version identifies GPOs that contain "expensive" Group Policy Preferences Item-Level Targeting (ILT). What do I...
Gaining Insight Into Group Policy And Desktop Performance
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 user. Group...