Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer | Savage Nomads

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Office 2007 Group Policy revisited

Office Resource Kit — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:55:44 GMT

Earlier, we told you about the new Group Policy admin templates available for download . Many thanks

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

Artem — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:25:45 GMT

Hi Tim!

What about Vista and Server 2008? Does GPBPA run on/against these machines, does it understand new GP features?

Thanks

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

NedPyle — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:03:56 GMT

GPBA does install and run on Vista and 2008 even though it is only designed for XP/2003. Most of it will report correctly, but since some elements of GP were dramatically changed (like the event logging for example) there will be gaps.

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

CJH — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:52 GMT

Suggestions:

1. Include information about what each found issue means...either in the Help file or within the report.

2. Fix authentication. Specifying a Domain Admin user does not work; you have to use runas for the program to work properly.

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

CJH — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:43:11 GMT

Other suggestions:

1. Include links to references...e.g. when an item says "please refer to log file for more details" include link to log file or location of log file.

2. Include where the issues are found and their impact. "Unable to determine LDAP Server signing requirements" does not help if I don't know where the error comes from or why it is important.

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

CJH — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:12 GMT

And one last one: Use friendly names for GPOs. I could look them up, but it's a pain.

re: Group Policy Best Practice Analyzer

NedPyle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:11:10 GMT

All great comments CJH - I've forwarded them on to the GP program manager. Thanks!

- Ned