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More on Group Policy Backups and Version Compatibility

by | Feb 24, 2010 | GPMC

As a follow-on to my last blog post, here’s another interesting Group Policy Backup scenario to keep in mind. A user emailed that they were having problems importing a GPO backup that was created on a test Server 2008-R2 AD domain, into a Server 2003 AD domain....

GPMC Backups from Downlevel Systems

by | Feb 5, 2010 | General Stuff

I had a question recently that I thought was worth blogging. The question was, “if I create a GPO using Windows 7, Server 2008 or similar newer platform”, then backup that GPO using XP or Server 2003, will it back up everything?”.  The answer, not...

Re-Upped for Another Year of MVP!

by | Jan 2, 2010 | General Stuff

Despite once again having to fetch it from my spam folder, I did indeed get the coveted email from Microsoft yesterday indicating that I’d been made a Group Policy MVP for the 5th year in a row. Cool! I am honored and happy to be an MVP for another year. I look...

RSoP & GP Preferences

by | Nov 29, 2009 | Group Policy Preferences

I was playing around with some scenarios related to "item-level targeting" (ILT) in Group Policy Preferences and was reminded of a significant limitation in this newer as it relates to Resultant Set of Policy reporting. What I was doing was creating a...