Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
Desktop Policy Manager press coverage
Since we introduced the GPExpert Desktop Policy Manager last week, there's been some nice press coverage, including this article from Windows IT Pro, and this one from Network World. I'm very excited about this product. As someone said to me recently, "this...
SDM Software announces the release of Desktop Policy Manager!
Well, today we announced the release of a product I've mentioned in previous blog posts--the GPExpert Desktop Policy Manager. I'm very excited about this product because it is the first product that really seeks to address the complexity of managing desktop...
Launching the new GP Management Editor from the command-line
If you've installed the new Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Vista, SP1, you will notice some subtle changes in the Group Policy Editor. Namely, if you type gpedit.msc like you used to in the pre-RSAT days, you will still launch the GP Editor, focused on...
GPMC report errors related to IE Maintenance
There been a long-standing issue, ever since IE 7 was introduced, related to GPMC and the use of IE Maintenance Policy. Specifically, if you defined zone security in IE Maintenance policy from a machine running IE 7, and then tried to view a...
RSAT Tools Now Available for Vista, SP1!!!!
Well, I think this qualifies as a "Yee-Haw" moment. Finally, you can now get the RSAT tools for Vista, SP1 (with GPMC!) at https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9FF6E897-23CE-4A36-B7FC-D52065DE9960&displaylang=en Tags:Group...
SDM Software at TechMentor-San Francisco
Just a quick note to let folks know that SDM Software will be exhibiting at the upcoming TechMentor San Francisco show, March 30th to April 3rd. We're excited to have a booth at this show as it will be our first "standalone" exhibit experience. If you're...
Good article on 3rd-party GP Tools
Windows IT Pro Magazine has a good article this month on 3rd-party Group Policy tools. It goes over the challenges of Group Policy management and then talks about some of the various solutions in the space. I got a few quotes in there as well, which is cool. Check it...
New Free Tool for Getting to Least Privileged Use
The guys over at BeyondTrust have come out with a cool new (and free) tool for helping folks get to "least privileged use" (i.e., users are not admins on their workstations) on Windows more quickly. This product is a nice compliment to their Privilege...
Managing Group Policy Preferences
With the release of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft made the previously mentioned Group Policy Preferences feature available to all XP, 2003, Vista and 2008 users. This is a great thing, as I've said, but there has definitely been some confusion about how to manage...
A couple of new PowerShell links
Today, my inbox was greeted with a couple of new links for those of you looking at and working with PowerShell. The first is a pretty cool e-workbook on getting started with PowerShell, written by Frank Koch of Microsoft Switzerland. Frank put together this workbook...