by Darren Mar-Elia | Nov 19, 2012 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
I saw a thread on the Microsoft TechNet forums yesterday that prompted me to write a quick post about this behavior change for the Group Policy client service in Windows 8. In order to live in a world of new Windows 8 devices that use less power or may be on all the...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 24, 2012 | Group Policy, Group Policy Management, Windows 8, Windows Intune, Windows RT
As you’ve probably heard, Microsoft new Windows RT (ARM-based) platform will be shipping soon (Microsoft’s own Surface will be the first incarnation of this), along with Windows 8 itself. And while I think Windows 8 will be a good touch platform...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 20, 2012 | GPMC, Group Policy Management, Group Policy Tools, Tips & Tricks, Windows 8
Now that Windows 8 is out (or almost out), the inevitable questions will arise about introducing it into your Group Policy Management world. As with previous versions of Windows, the approach with Windows 8 (and Server 2012) will be similar. Since Windows 8 and Server...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 29, 2012 | Group Policy Preferences, IE Maintenance Policy, Windows 8
As I blogged a few days back, Microsoft has deprecated (or removed) IE Maintenance Policy in Windows 8/Server 2012. And while I think this is a generally good thing, some folks may be wondering how they’re going to configure IE going forward. Well, Microsoft has...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 14, 2012 | Group Policy Management, IE Maintenance Policy, Windows 8
Fellow Group Policy MVP Alan Burchill brought this topic up on our GP MVP mailing list and I had to look into it. He pointed out that in the release candidate for Server 2012/Windows 8, the IE Maintenance Policy node can no longer be found within GP Editor, as shown...