by Darren Mar-Elia | Sep 8, 2015 | AD, Desired State Configuration, GP Troubleshooting, GPMC, Group Policy, PowerShell, sdm software, Security Policy
Hi everyone! I hope you are well and you all had a great summer. I have to admit I’m torn, not quite enough Summer for me (or my kids) but I’m extremely excited to get back into a rhythm and get cranking on some great work this year. We have an amazing...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 31, 2015 | AD, General Stuff, GPO Attestation, Group Policy, Group Policy Blog, Group Policy Management
Do you place ‘comments’ on your GPOs? Did you ever wonder how to manage these, or how they may be useful. I put up a quick post on my blog (http://scituated.blogspot.com) that walks through GP Comments and how to manage them. It points back to SDM Software...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Apr 27, 2015 | Ignite
Hi Folks- Just a quick heads up–there’s a lot going on in the next two weeks in Microsoft-land. This week is the developer-oriented Microsoft Build conference in San Francisco, where a lot of new announcements are expected. Following close on the heels of...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Feb 13, 2015 | Security-related
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a couple of patches that addressed vulnerabilities in our good friend Group Policy. First, I will say that it’s relatively rare to see such vulnerabilities directly effect Group Policy function, like this one does....
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 23, 2015 | Tips & Tricks
Just the other day I was talking to a customer about Group Policy loopback. If you’ll recall, loopback is that feature in Group Policy processing that allows you to override a user’s *normal* user policy settings when they log into specific...