March 11, 2020 |
Jeff Melnick Group Policy provides a method of centralizing configuration settings and management of operating systems, computer settings and user settings in a Microsoft IT environment. Group Policy is a twofold idea: Local Group Policy on individual workstations and Group Policy in Active Directory. Local...
October 17, 2019 |
Chris Rich Recently on Spiceworks, I shared a handy resource for users interested in Group Policy management. The post was well received by the community and I was quite pleased to have provided it. Basically, it was a TechNet resource called the Group Policy Search Tool. Its purpose is to help you find the...
October 3, 2019 |
Jeff Melnick Mapping network drives is a common task for system administrators. One option is to create a batch script that runs every time the workstation starts. But there is a simpler and more convenient method: using Group Policy. Mapping network drives via Group Policy is faster and easier, so it is a much...
July 24, 2019 |
Russell Smith 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 Policy is the go-to solution. But Group Policy can quickly get complicated because each Group Policy...
July 2, 2019 |
Russell Smith Group Policy is an Active Directory management technology for Windows that provides centralized management of configuration settings. While it isn’t the only available management solution — PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) can also be used —...
June 7, 2019 |
Russell Smith 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 you have a consistent and secure setup across devices. There are literally hundreds of settings...
May 30, 2019 |
Jeff Melnick Originally published February, 2017 and updated May, 2019 Forcing a Group Policy Update Imagine that you get a phone call from the security specialist who handles your firewalls and proxy servers. He tells you that he has added an additional proxy server for users going to the internet. You add...
May 16, 2019 |
Russell Smith Group Policy is a configuration management technology that is part of Windows Server Active Directory (AD). This article explores Microsoft’s own Group Policy tools and some of the best third-party Group Policy management tools. Handpicked related content: Group Policy Best...
May 1, 2019 |
Russell Smith 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 must have GPMC installed on the device where you will run the cmdlets. To check if the Group Policy...
April 2, 2019 |
Don Jones Ah, Auditing. My favorite time of year, when the leaves begin to turn, the weather turns crisp… oh wait, that’s Autumn. I don’t like audits so much. The key to a successful – or at least less-stressful – audit is preparedness. What are the auditors looking for? The quicker you can get...
