http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5777484/rss/5777484en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:27:57 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:27:57 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/whats-wrong-group-policy-136034
By Darren Mar-Elia
There are five Group Policy problems that Microsoft isn’t likely to address any time soon. Here’s how you can work around them.]]>Darren Mar-EliaTue, 14 Jun 2011 13:24:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/whats-wrong-group-policy-136034http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-internet-explorer-with-group-policy
By Darren Mar-Elia
Learn how to best leverage three Group Policy areas so that you can obtain the control you need over IE on your desktops.]]>Darren Mar-EliaSun, 23 Jan 2011 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-internet-explorer-with-group-policyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershell
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 get the job done quickly and easily.]]>Darren Mar-EliaMon, 11 Oct 2010 13:21:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/managing-ad-in-bulk-using-powershellhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7-group-policy
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 support for Group Policy management, this Group Policy release is rather ho-hum.]]>Darren Mar-EliaMon, 24 May 2010 09:28:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7-group-policyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/powershell-and-active-directory
By Darren Mar-Elia
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.]]>Darren Mar-EliaMon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/active-directory/powershell-and-active-directoryhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/desktop-management/control-application-execution-with-srp
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 application whitelists and blacklists and maintain a more secure environment.]]>Darren Mar-EliaFri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/desktop-management/control-application-execution-with-srphttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policy
By Darren Mar-Elia
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.]]>Darren Mar-EliaMon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/deploying-office-2007-and-managing-vpns-with-group-policyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/securing-windows-desktops-using-group-policy
By Darren Mar-Elia
Check out how you can use Group Policy’s security configuration management features to protect your company’s data and systems.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/securing-windows-desktops-using-group-policyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/group-policy-results-screencast
By Darren Mar-Elia
View a five-minute screencast that shows how to run the Group Policy Results wizard and view the output.]]>Darren Mar-EliaFri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/group-policy-results-screencasthttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsop
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 tells you what’s happening with your Group Policy settings.]]>Darren Mar-EliaMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/mastering-rsophttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/permissions/group-policy-essentials-no-sys-admin-can-live-without
By Darren Mar-Elia
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.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/permissions/group-policy-essentials-no-sys-admin-can-live-withouthttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/windows-vista-and-server-2008-group-policy-enhancements
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 GPOs, ADMX format for Administrative Templates, improved logging and security.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy-object-gpo/windows-vista-and-server-2008-group-policy-enhancementshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348
By Darren Mar-Elia
Discover the reasons why client machines might not be processing Group Policy and learn about patching multiple images in a WIM file.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97348http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/troubleshooting-a-group-policy-processing-error
By Darren Mar-Elia
Find out why client machines might be failing to process Group Policy.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/troubleshooting-a-group-policy-processing-errorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/the-group-policy-route-to-office-deployment-and-management
By Darren Mar-Elia
The Group Policy Route to Office Deployment and Management]]>Darren Mar-EliaThu, 01 Nov 2007 11:04:05 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/group-policy/the-group-policy-route-to-office-deployment-and-managementhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97120
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 troubleshoots a file compression failure.]]>Darren Mar-EliaTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/ask-the-experts97120http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/moving-a-deployed-software-package-to-a-new-server
By Darren Mar-Elia
Find out whether there’s a way to move software packages to another server without triggering a reinstallation of the deployed applications. ]]>Darren Mar-EliaTue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/moving-a-deployed-software-package-to-a-new-serverhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/the-group-policy-route-to-office-deployment-and-management-
By Darren Mar-Elia
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 various Office applications for your users.]]>Darren Mar-EliaWed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/the-group-policy-route-to-office-deployment-and-management-http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyances
By Darren Mar-Elia
Got Group Policy issues? Navigate Group Policy’s troublesome areas with these solutions to common Group Policy problems. ]]>Darren Mar-EliaTue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/group-policy-annoyanceshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/log-files/troubleshooting-group-policy
By Darren Mar-Elia
Successful Group Policy troubleshooting results from knowing where to look, enabling Group Policy logging, and taking advantage of available administrative tools. ]]>Darren Mar-EliaTue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/log-files/troubleshooting-group-policy