This video describes the concept of “GPO Sprawl”, how it impacts you and how you can help clean up your Group Policy environment using GPO Exporter 1.5.
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MAY
MAY
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Just a quick note that I finally got around to updating our freeware Group Policy Health Cmdlet to add module support for PowerShell v2. Hopefully this makes the cmdlet more discoverable for those of you using it in PowerShell v2 (probably everybody!). The module name is SDM-GPOHealth, so after running the install, just open PowerShell v2 and type:
import-module SDM-GPOHealth and you’ll be good to go!
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APR
APR
Group Policy Consolidation and Optimization just got a lot easier! GPO Exporter 1.5 Ships!
Posted by: Darren Mar-Elia
I’m proud to announce that today we released GPO Exporter 1.5. This new release represents a huge step up in the arsenal of tools for analyzing and optimizing Group Policy deployments. I can’t tell you how many IT folks come to me and ask how they can streamline and reduce the number of GPOs they have deployed. But the problem is hard, with the sheer number of settings ...
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APR
APR
SDM Software will be exhibiting at this year’s upcoming Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) on April 16-19th in Las Vegas! If you’re attending MMS or are thinking about it, come on by our booth (#129) on the exhibit floor Monday-Thursday. We’ll be demo-ing some cool Group Policy management solutions, including some new products that we’re getting ready to announce! I’ll be in the booth all 4 days answering questions on Group Policy and SDM’s products. In addition, I’m pleased to ...
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MAR
MAR
One of the cool things I like about our Group Policy Automation Engine product is the scenarios that it’s open up by providing what is essentially an automation portal into GPOs. One of those key scenarios is the ability to automate additions and changes to Group Policy Preferences Drive Mappings, which is used by organizations large and small to map user drives at logon, and is largely replacing traditional ...
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MAR
MAR
One of the challenges of the GPMC’s reporting is that it is not easy to find GPOs that have had Deny ACEs (Access Control Entries) set on their delegation. Deny ACEs are typically used to deny a particular user, computer or group from applying a GPO. I always recommend that they’re used on an exception basis, for the very reason that they are hard to spot after the fact and can cause increased complexity in your Group Policy deployments. Deny ACEs don’t ...
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FEB
FEB
Well, 2011 is almost over, and it’s a been a great year for SDM Software. We achieved record revenue results this year–smashing last year’s total by over 300%– and have over 150 customers to thank for our continued success. This is in addition to the 100os of folks that have downloaded our Group Policy free tools at GPOGUY.COM and SDM Software’s Freeware Page. Our Group Policy solutions such as the Continue Reading →
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DEC
DEC
One of the cool things we added in the new version of GPO Compare 2.0 was support for a PowerShell interface. GPO Compare 2.0 is all about letting you compare GPO settings across two live or backed up GPOs. The PowerShell interface lets you perform these comparisons in bulk! The product ships with a cmdlet called Compare-SDMGPO which, in the simplest form, lets you do something like this:
Compare-SDMGPO -GPONameA “Default Domain Policy” -GPONameB “Default Domain Controllers Policy”
This command above, ...
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OCT
OCT
Well, I was very surprised and happy to receive an IM from a colleague this morning, directing me to http://windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/102984/pg/2/2.html, where I read that our SDM Software Group Policy Automation Engine won GOLD as Best Active Directory and Group Policy Product. This is really cool and a great acknowledgement of the work we’ve been doing. Its always nice to be recognized and especially to win in the Editor’s Choice category!
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NOV
NOV
OK folks, our Group Policy Automation Engine (GPAE), the only automation solution available on the market for reading and writing settings within GPOs, is one of the finalists in the Windows IT Pro Magazine Community Choice Awards, in the "Best AD and GP Product" category! We obviously think that the innovative nature of our product is head and shoulders above the competition, and we’d love your vote!!!
Head on over to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=8koDpFvpDvDy3ZZZGP9O4Q_3d_3d and vote for the "SDM Software Group Policy ...
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SEP
SEP
