Introduction to Group Policy Management
Group Policy is a feature of Microsoft Windows operating systems that helps administrators manage and secure users and computers in Active Directory...
Group Policy is the configuration management technology included in Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory. If you need to enable granular control of Windows and Windows Server settings, Group...
Infrastructure
June 13, 2019
Data protection is critical for ensuring that your organization is compliant with regulatory compliance standards like the GDPR and for meeting the expectations of your clients and business partners....
Infrastructure
May 23, 2019
Auditing Microsoft SQL Server is critical to identifying security issues and breaches. In addition, auditing SQL Server is a requirement for compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and...
Group Policy is a configuration management technology that is part of Windows Server Active Directory. It can be used to configure settings in Windows client and server operating systems to make sure...
In addition to the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), Microsoft provides a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets you can use to manage Group Policy. To use the Group Policy PowerShell cmdlets, you...
Data breaches are being reported in the news on an almost daily basis. And with new compliance regulations, like GDPR, being introduced on a regular basis, discovering and classifying data is...
Infrastructure
November 6, 2018
Sometimes it can be useful to programmatically create zip archives or extract files from existing archives. Windows PowerShell 5.0 added two cmdlets for doing just that. The Compress-Archive cmdlet...
Identity
October 16, 2018
Automation is the key to streamlining Active Directory management tasks. In this article, I’ll show you how to create, change and test user passwords with PowerShell scripts.
Installing the AD...
Infrastructure
July 30, 2018
The Active Directory GUI management tools, like Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC), are fine for performing operations against single accounts. But when you need to deal with multiple AD...