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GPExpert Scripting Toolkit in Action

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Just a quick note that if you want to see the GPExpert Scripting Toolkit (GPST) in action, cruise on over to Adam Bell’s blog. Adam’s been evaluating the Toolkit and has posted some sample PowerShell commands showing how you can use the GPST to modify policy settings.

 

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20
AUG
0

Categories: PowerShell

interesting script-based config. tool going open source

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In the vein of interesting desktop configuration management tools, the company that created the product ScriptStart, Entrigue Systems, announced that it is going to be open sourcing a version of their logon script based desktop configuration tool. While this is not a Group Policy-based solution, it nonetheless has some interesting capabilities similar to GP, like the ability to do Folder Redirection, IE config, Office config and drive mapping. In reading the press release, it appears that they ...

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15
AUG
0

Categories: General Stuff

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GPExpert Scripting Toolkit Released!

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Well, today we announced the release of v.1 of the GPExpert Scripting Toolkit for PowerShell. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is the culmination of something I’ve talked about doing for a long time–programmatic access into Group Policy settings. With the release of the Toolkit, we can now provide that for everyone…and via the new PowerShell scripting environment from Microsoft! The early feedback I’ve received from beta testers is that this is a ...

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25
JUL
0

Categories: PowerShell

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GP Troubleshooting Webinars

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We’re going to be giving weekly Group Policy Troubleshooting webinars, starting next Wednesday, July 25th. In the webinars, I’ll discuss best practices for GP Troubleshooting and then finish off with a demo of SDM Software’s GPExpert Troubleshooting Pack. We’re going to be doing these weekly so if you can’t make next Wednesday’s, check back for another one at another time! My goal is to make these informative as well as provide some insight into how the Troubleshooting Pak ...

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19
JUL
0

Categories: sdm software

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New GP PowerShell cmdlet

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Well, I’ve created a new PowerShell cmdlet to go along with my get-SDMgpo cmdlet. Its called new-SDMgpo, and its purpose in life is to let you use PowerShell to create new GPOs. As with the previous cmdlet I created, it requires GPMC to be installed where it runs since it leverages the GPMC APIs. You can get more info and download it from the Powershell page at our GPOGUY.COM site.

 

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3
JUL
0

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WPA2 policy support in XP

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This topic came up on a newsgroup the other day, prompting me to look around a bit. Basically, MS added support for the newer WPA2 encryption protocol for wireless networks in XP, SP2. This KB article describes the Wireless Client update that you can apply to your XP systems to get them to process those WPA2 policies. But here’s the catch–this update only allows these systems to process the wireless policies. It does not allow them to actually edit those ...

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29
JUN
0

Categories: Security Policy

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TechEd notes

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Well, I’m back from TechEd and settling back into the work groove. If you weren’t there, well I’m here to tell you that TechEd is one BIG show. I heard numbers of people ranging from 12,000 to 13,000. The Orlando Convention Center redefines big as well. I’m told it can hold 120,000 conference goers. Although I think this year they seemed to be a little smarter about organizing things, because it seemed like I wasn’t walking so much. However, ...

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12
JUN
0

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SDM Software to visit TechEd

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In addition to shipping the Troubleshooting Pak, we will be at the upcoming Microsoft TechEd show in Orlando this next week. If you are at the show, stop by and see us at our partner Special Operations Software’s booth #914!

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29
MAY
0

Categories: sdm software

SDM GPExpert Troubleshooting Pak Ships!

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Well, after a lot of hard work and late nights, we just shipped the GPExpert Troubleshooting Pak 1.0 last night. This is a significant milestone for the company as its our first suite of products for troubleshooting Group Policy. The Pak is composed of 4 different products that each add to an administrator’s arsenal of Group Policy troubleshooting. As a quick intro, here is what each product does:

  • GPExpert Health Reporter 1.5: This was our first product, released earlier this ...
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29
MAY
0

Categories: sdm software

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Desktop Optimization Pack with GPOVault ships

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I read today that Microsoft has shipped the updated Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance customers that includes the DesktopStandard GPOVault product, which MS is calling "Advanced Group Policy Management". For those who don’t know, GPOVault is a Group Policy change control product that integrates into GPMC to let you do check-in and check-out of Group Policy changes before deploying them into production. If you are a Software Assurance customer, you get it as part of the ...

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10
MAY
0

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