By Darren Mar-Elia, 06/14/2011
There are five Group Policy problems that Microsoft isn’t likely to address any time soon. Here’s how you can work around them.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 01/23/2011
Learn how to best leverage three Group Policy areas so that you can obtain the control you need over IE on your desktops.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 10/11/2010
Whether you're searching for Active Directory objects that meet particular criteria or modifying objects in bulk, the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell can help you ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 05/24/2010
The Group Policy improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. With the possible exception of adding some PowerShell automation ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/28/2009
The wait for full-fledged PowerShell Active Directory support is over. Microsoft has shipped an AD module and PowerShell Drive provider to make managing AD from PowerShell a snap.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 06/19/2009
Group Policy's software restriction policy (SRP) feature gives admins a powerful tool to control what code their users can run. Learn to use hash and path rules to set up ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/22/2008
Group Policy continues to be powerful—and difficult to work with. A few workarounds can help in using it to deploy Office 2007 and letting users connect to VPNs.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 10/29/2008
Check out how you can use Group Policy’s security configuration management features to protect your company’s data and systems.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 05/02/2008
View a five-minute screencast that shows how to run the Group Policy Results wizard and view the output.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 04/28/2008
Discerning the effective policy settings for a given user or computer can be hard, especially in larger organizations. Resultant Set of Policies cuts through the confusion and ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 01/30/2008
Ensure that Group Policy lives up to its potential—here's a primer about how GPOs are processed, how permissions and filtering work, and basic troubleshooting.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 12/26/2007
New Vista and Server 2008 Group Policy features include the client service replacing system Winlogon, using NLA to improve slow-link detection, new settings for multiple local ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 11/28/2007
Discover the reasons why client machines might not be processing Group Policy and learn about patching multiple images in a WIM file.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 11/28/2007
Find out why client machines might be failing to process Group Policy.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 11/01/2007
By Darren Mar-Elia, 10/30/2007
Learn about problems associated with moving a software package to a new server, find out how to convert an ADM file to an ADMX file, and follow along as Mark Russinovich ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 10/30/2007
Find out whether there's a way to move software packages to another server without triggering a reinstallation of the deployed applications.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 03/28/2007
Use these two features of Group Policy to better manage Office—Group Policy Software Installation deploys Office and Office Administrative Templates locks down the behavior of ...
By Darren Mar-Elia, 01/30/2007
Got Group Policy issues? Navigate Group Policy's troublesome areas with these solutions to common Group Policy problems.
By Darren Mar-Elia, 08/29/2006
Successful Group Policy troubleshooting results from knowing where to look, enabling Group Policy logging, and taking advantage of available administrative tools.