Sign in
TechNet Blogs
Technet Blog Images
More ...
Blog - Title
TechNet Blogs
>
Group Policy Team Blog
Server & Tools Blogs
>
Server & Management Blogs
>
Group Policy Blog
All About Windows Server
Windows Server
Windows Server Essentials Blog
Partner & Customer Solutions
Ask The
Performance Team
Ask Premier Field Engineering
Ask the Core Team
Cloud OS Blogs
Brad Anderson - In the Cloud
Building Clouds
Server & Cloud
Datacenter Management
The System Center Team Blog
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Service Manager
System Center Operations Manager
System Center Data Protection Manager
System Center Orchestrator
Partner & Customer Solutions
Client Management
System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Service Manager
MDOP
Malware Protection Center
Windows Intune
SUS
Partner and Customer Solutions
Virtualization, VDI & Remote Desktop
Virtualization Team Blog
Ben Armstrong’s Virtualization Blog
Jose Barreto Blog on Hyper-V
Partner & Customer Solutions
Remote Desktop Services
Windows Multipoint Server
Ask the Core Team on Hyper-V
File & Storage & High Availability
File & Storage
Jose Barreto
Partner & Customer Solutions
Ask the Core Team on Failover Cluster
Clustering & High Availability
Windows Server Management
PowerShell
Hey Scripting Guy (PowerShell)
Server Manager
Group Policy
Networking
Identity & Access
Ask Directory Services
Active Directory
Group Policy Blog
Microsoft’s official Group Policy blog
Live Now on Server & Tools Blogs
Subscribe
Comments
Contact
Menu
Blog Home
Atom
Translate this page
Powered by
Microsoft® Translator
Tags
ADM
ADMX
AGPM
backup
cmdlet
General Chat
GP Inner Workings
GPMC
GPOs
gpp
Group Policy
group Policy preferences
PolicyMaker
PowerShell
Preferences
registry setting
RSAT
scripts
Tools and Docs
troubleshooting
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Vista
Windows XP
More
▼
Less
▲
Archives
Archives
June 2013
(1)
May 2013
(1)
December 2012
(2)
November 2012
(4)
September 2012
(1)
April 2012
(1)
July 2011
(1)
June 2011
(2)
May 2011
(1)
January 2011
(1)
October 2010
(2)
September 2010
(2)
July 2010
(2)
June 2010
(4)
April 2010
(1)
March 2010
(2)
February 2010
(1)
January 2010
(3)
December 2009
(4)
November 2009
(2)
October 2009
(7)
September 2009
(6)
August 2009
(2)
July 2009
(2)
June 2009
(4)
May 2009
(5)
April 2009
(7)
March 2009
(5)
February 2009
(7)
January 2009
(3)
December 2008
(2)
November 2008
(3)
October 2008
(6)
September 2008
(1)
August 2008
(1)
June 2008
(1)
May 2008
(1)
April 2008
(8)
March 2008
(3)
February 2008
(3)
January 2008
(2)
December 2007
(3)
November 2007
(3)
October 2007
(3)
September 2007
(5)
August 2007
(3)
July 2007
(3)
June 2007
(3)
May 2007
(1)
April 2007
(3)
March 2007
(1)
February 2007
(3)
December 2006
(1)
November 2006
(4)
October 2006
(3)
September 2006
(6)
August 2006
(6)
More
▼
Less
▲
Subscribe via RSS
Sort by:
Most Recent
|
Most Views
|
Most Comments
Excerpt View
|
Full Post View
Group Policy Team Blog
GP Preferences Will Reduce Logon Scripts : Mapping Drives
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
15
Comments
Too often, I ask if people are familiar with GP Preferences and get a blank stare. I will say this over and over again: GP Preferences will dramatically reduce your logon scripts GP Preferences has clean, easy-to-use reporting and UI Lots...
Group Policy Team Blog
Introduction to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets in Windows 7
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
14
Comments
New Year, New…console session? Here’s a quick look at creating a new GPO using the Group Policy cmdlets in Windows 7. To create a new GPO from scratch using PowerShell cmdlets: 1. Open an elevated PowerShell console session (1-2 clicks) ...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy in Windows 7
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
13
Comments
PowerShell! The name alone should get you excited. Wait until you see all the cool stuff you can do with PowerShell in the Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 release of the Group Policy management tools. For those of you who have yet to learn PowerShell...
Group Policy Team Blog
PolicyMaker Preferences Migration tool
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
11
Comments
To keep you in the loop, many of you have asked whether we intend to provide support for PolicyMaker Preferences and migrate to Windows Server 2008's Group Policy Preferences. I can confirm we are currently testing a tool that will be able to perform...
Group Policy Team Blog
GP Preferences: Add a new printer, set as default
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
10
Comments
You might know GP Preferences is great for mapping drives , pushing out shortcuts, and adding new folders. But did you know that you can use GP Preferences to add a printer and set it as default? Check it out: Here’s the Devices and Printers inventory...
Group Policy Team Blog
Power Management in Group Policy – What do you do?
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
9
Comments
Green is the color of the decade, at least for the moment. What can you do from a Group Policy perspective? More than you might think. What do you do to manage power settings with Group Policy? Answer in the comments. Before Al Gore warned about the plight...
Group Policy Team Blog
PolicyMaker Migration Tool: Resetting release expectations
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
9
Comments
Some time ago Michael blogged about a migration tool we were building for PolicyMaker Profiles , which was the precursor to what is now Group Policy Preferences. He had set expectations that this was going to be released by the end of the calendar year...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy: Where Do You Want It to Go Tomorrow?
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
GPTeam
9
Comments
We often have groups of customers come to Redmond to visit and provide their feedback about the direction in which we are taking our products. Recently, a group of folks joined us for a few days to talk specifically about the desktop and its direction...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy preferences announced at IT Forum
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
GPTeam
7
Comments
At IT Forum in Barcelona , Microsoft publicly announced the upcoming releases of Group Policy preferences and Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). Where Group Policy preferences will be included Group Policy preferences , formerly known...
Group Policy Team Blog
PowerShell Script with GP cmdlets: Registry setting, Link
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
7
Comments
The following is a sample script that sets a Preference registry value in a GPO, then compares that same value to all of the GPO's linked in the same domain. If the value is not already set in a linked GPO, the new GPO is linked to that domain as well...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy on TechNet Edge
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
6
Comments
Watch Michael Kleef and I talk about what’s new in Group Policy in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on TechNet Edge. We’re on the front page today! Go here: http://edge.technet.com/Media/Whats-New-in-Group-Policy/ to check it out. The video’s a bit...
Group Policy Team Blog
GP Policy vs. Preference vs. GP preferences
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
6
Comments
Wow! What a confusing title. So, why did I use this? Your feedback tells us there is some confusion over our terminology for our new extension, Group Policy preferences. And I aim to clear up this confusion in this post. In the beginning of Group...
Group Policy Team Blog
GPMC Removed From Vista SP1
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
If you've upgraded your Vista client to SP1, you've found that installing Windows Vista SP1 removes GPMC; installing RSAT will put GPMC back on your client. You can install RSAT from the following locations: Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools...
Group Policy Team Blog
Downloads: Two new overview white papers now available
Posted
over 6 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
Check out these two new overview white papers, published this week in the Microsoft Download Center: Advanced Group Policy Management Overview Group Policy Preferences Overview Craig
Group Policy Team Blog
Office 2007 SP2 Group Policy Administrative Templates Released
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
Go Office team! They just released the new Administrative Templates for Office 2007 SP2. From the download website: “…This download includes updated Group Policy Administrative Template and Office Customization Tool OPA files; an updated Office Customization...
Group Policy Team Blog
Microsoft Management Summit 2009
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
I just got back from another great MMS in Las Vegas and I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by the booth, attended the Group Policy-related sessions, and asked great questions about Group Policy and AGPM (thanks to Chris for Tweeting about it!). I...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy Preferences Not Applying on Some Clients: Client-Side Extension, XMLLite
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
Group Policy Preferences quick tip: To ensure that preferences are applied to clients, make sure that clients have the CSEs and XMLLite installed If you’re like us, you’re seriously excited about Group Policy Preferences. You’re excited because you...
Group Policy Team Blog
Security Filtering, WMI Filtering, and Item-level Targeting in Group Policy Preferences
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
Hi, I’m Florian, one of the Group Policy MVPs . You may know us MVPs from conferences, seminars, books, Newsgroups and Forums where we voluntarily provide help and guidance to Group Policy and its associated products. Today, I’d like to write about a...
Group Policy Team Blog
Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet
Posted
8 months ago
by
GPTeam
5
Comments
The Group Policy settings reference spreadsheet that covers the available administrative template settings and security settings for Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, and all earlier versions of Windows is now available in the download center here: http...
Group Policy Team Blog
Video on TechNet Edge: Searching for settings in a GPO
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
Want to see what firewall ports you’ve configured on every GPO in your domain in under 10 seconds? Want to meet some Group Policy team members? Wish Michael Kleef a happy birthday and watch Lindsay and I walk through the ”Search GPOs for any setting”...
Group Policy Team Blog
More powershell & group policy
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
I do not know about you but I LOVE PowerShell, especially the Group Policy cmdlets. Unfortunately, I didn’t have too many opportunities to really use them - but luckily got a chance in preparation for a presentation where I would demo a script that...
Group Policy Team Blog
Passwords in Group Policy Preferences (updated)
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
Have you ever wanted to configure a preference item to include a specific user name and password? You can do so in several types of preference items, but you should first consider the security ramifications of embedding a user name and password in a preference...
Group Policy Team Blog
How do I migrate PolicyMaker Items to Group Policy Preference Items?
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
PolicyMaker customers have been waiting for an easy way to migrate their PolicyMaker settings over to Group Policy Preference settings. The solution is finally here!! We have developed a commandline tool that you can run against your environment to find...
Group Policy Team Blog
Passwords in Group Policy Preferences
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
Have you ever wanted to configure a preference item to include a specific user name and password? You can do so in several types of preference items, but you should first consider the security ramifications of embedding a user name and password in a preference...
Group Policy Team Blog
Troubleshooting: Quick Fixes
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
GPTeam
4
Comments
Everyone has their own troubleshooting quick checks; here are some that you may know well, and others you haven’t tried yet. Logon/Logoff Some policies applied only after the second logon, not after the first logon. What’s the deal? Anything...
Page 1 of 7 (167 items)
1
2
3
4
5
»