Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
Good article on Group Policy & Security Compliance
I thought this Information Week article did a good job of articulating the challenges of security compliance on Windows, and the use of Group Policy as the first line of defense here. Most folks have been using GP to lockdown their desktop systems for a while now, but...
Power Management in XP
I frequently find that a lot of folks have not yet discovered all of the cool new Group Policy management features that Group Policy Preferences brings to Windows. As a result, I thought it would be worthwhile to do a couple of blog items about some of these features....
Picking up Computer Group Membership Changes without a Reboot
One of the irritating side effects of using Group Policy security group filtering on computers is that, if you change a computer's group membership, you either had to reboot the computer or wait the default 7 days for the computer's Kerberos ticket to expire before it...
Enjoying Vista? Sure, why not.
I suppose the din of Vista haters has been increasing lately to the point where I've actually noticed it. Lastw week, I read a blog post from my good buddy Jackson Shaw, who expressed his frustrations over Vista and IE7. And of course the technology press and analysts...
New Version of GPMC PowerShell Cmdlets Released!
Well, we've released a new version of our GPMC PowerShell cmdlets--version 1.2. This new version represents a significant updgrade to the existing cmdlets. The biggest change is that we incorporated new functionality that became available in the version of GPMC that...
GP Change Auditing
The folks at NetWrix have just announced their newest product--Group Policy Change Reporter. The product comes in both a freeware and commercial version and can provide detailed change reporting on who made changes to GPOs, what settings were changed and when. It...
Opportunity for providing Microsoft feedback on Server Management
Hey Folks. The Group Policy Team at Microsoft is looking for feedback on managing Windows Servers. They've put a survey up online. If you want to get your feedback and experiences heard, and incorporated into future products, this is an ideal opportunity to do...
New PowerShell-based Product for Group Policy Health
Well, in keeping with our current tradition of delivering PowerShell-based solutions for Group Policy Management, SDM Software has released its latest product--the Group Policy Health Cmdlet. This cmdlet basically lets you get quick and detailed Group Policy...
Scripting/SysAdmin Meme
I noticed that Jeff Hicks called me out on his blog for the Scripting/SysAdmin Meme, so I figured I would follow through with the chain and answer the questions here:How old were you when you started using computers?I was about 15. What was your first...
Whitepaper on Group Policy Management using PowerShell
I created a whitepaper a while back that describes how you can use SDM Software's free GPMC cmdlets along with our commercial GPExpert(tm) Scripting Toolkit product to automate Group Policy management using PowerShell. That whitepaper, entitled "Automating Group...