Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
What’s Happening in the GP World???
Hey Folks. Sorry for the long delay in between postings. Lots going on in Group Policy land and in my own life that has been keeping me busy! But, now that I have some time, I wanted to blog about a few things of note, in no particular order:Thanks to Mike Kline for...
Russinovich demos Group Policy cmdlets at TechEd
I thought this was cool: https://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy/archive/2009/05/12/group-policy-at-tech-ed-2009-mark-russinovich-demos-group-policy-powershell-cmdlets.aspxMark demo'd Microsoft's upcoming Group Policy PowerShell cmdlets that will ship with Windows 7 and...
Going to MMS?
If you're planning on being at the Microsoft Management Summit next week, I'll be presenting a Group Policy Troubleshooting session there on Wednesday morning. Stop by and say hi or attend the session or the Birds of a Feather I'll be doing that evening at around...
SBS 2008 Group Policy Webinar for Microsoft Partners!
Just a quick note to let those of you who are Microsoft partners know that I'm going to be giving a webinar on using Group Policy in Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 on April 24th. Here's the info on the webinar if you want to register to attend!Date: 4/24/2009...
SDM Software Ships new Group Policy Automation Engine
As I mentioned in a previous post, SDM Software was close to shipping the next version of our GPExpert Scripting Toolkit product, and that has happened! Today we announced the release of the GPExpert(r) Group Policy Automation Engine 2.0. This newly branded and...
GPMC Cmdlets Update
Just a quick shout-out to let folks know that I posted an update to our SDM Software GPMC Cmdlets on our freeware page. This is version 1.3 and primarily just fixes some bugs including an issue when you tried to get, add or remove site-based GPO links....
Automating GP Preferences
In a recent posting on the Activedir.org mailing list, I happened to mention that we're getting ready to release v. 2.0 of our GPExpert(r) Scripting Toolkit. The Toolkit is actually getting a new name, but I won't spoil the surprise for now. However, the key feature...
Group Policy Preferences and the Registry
So, the other day I was trading some email with a friend and mentioned that I was working on a nifty little utility to allow someone to import the contents of a .reg file into Group Policy Preferences registry extensions using the command-line. He commented that it...
AGPM Planning Guide released
Just a quick note for those of you using or thinking about using Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) product for Group Policy Change Control. MS has just released a planning guide for AGPM...
Intro to Win 7 GP PowerShell Cmdlets
I previously blogged about how Microsoft is going to deliver some PowerShell cmdlets in Windows 7 for Group Policy. Now that Windows 7 beta is out, information is starting to flow about what these will look like. A recent blog post by the GP product team at...