Group Policy Blog by Darren Mar-Elia (The “GPOGUY”)
Updates to Group Policy Automation Engine and Group Policy Compliance Manager!
As the year draws to a close, we are busy here at SDM Software putting the wraps on updates to existing products. Today I wanted to announce two product updates that are getting ready to ship: Group Policy Automation Engine 4.1: This update to our venerable...
GPO Migrator makes Group Policy Migration a Snap!
This is a follow-up to our previous post from just before the Ignite conference. We are happy to announce that GPO Migrator is now generally available! As I mentioned in the previous post, GPO Migrator finally provides a "drag and drop" way of migrating individual GPO...
Just In Time for Microsoft Ignite–A Sneak Peek of GPO Migrator 1.0!
Well, Microsoft Ignite is happening next week, and SDM Software will be there in force, occupying Booth #671 on the show floor. And no conference would be complete without showing off new toys. In our case, the new toy is a shiny new product called GPO Migrator. We'll...
Analyze GPO Impact – Part II – Export-SDMGPSettings
Part II of our GPO Impact Analysis. For the purpose of this post the primary capability of Export-SDMGPSettings is to grab a 'snapshot' of all of the settings managed in a set of GPOs. Export-SDMGPSettings is one of the core cmdlets that make up the PowerShell part of...
Security Fun: Bloodhound, MS16-072 and GPO Discoverability
I had a chance to attend my first BlackHat/Defcon conference last week in Las Vegas. I also attended the very excellent BSides conference, happening concurrently. Besides being shaken to my core from the skills demonstrated during the week :-), I got a chance to see...
Analyze GPO Impact – Part 1
One of the many scenarios that organizations contend with is impact analysis. For SDM Software this is about configuration and most importantly security configuration. For example, what happens if you go into Active Directory Users and Computers and move Server1 from...
Video – Remove Empty GPOs
As promised I posted a quick video (OK not too quick) to walk through using the PowerShell pieces of GPO Reporting Pak to remove empty GPOs. The previous post describes the process and this video simply provides the walk through. There are so may things that one can...
Find and Delete All Empty GPOs – GP Reporting Pak
Find and Delete All Empty GPOs The SDM Software GPO Reporting Pak is full of nifty features and is simple to use. There are many common scenarios that organizations require. The PowerShell components of the product are sometimes overlooked. From discussions with...
Modifying Default GPO Permissions at Creation Time
Now that we are all digging out from MS16-072, and the reality that it likely won't be "fixed" anytime soon, I think it's worthwhile to drop a quick blog post about how you can ensure that all GPOs that get created going forward in your environment, get the proper...
MS16-072 – GP Permissions and an overview
Hello Group Policy fans enthusiasts happy people! Darren and I had a quick discussion about his script to remediate the problems created by applying MS16-072 and GP processing. Read Darren's previous post for context but here is a recording of our discussion. Have a...