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Microsoft's official Group Policy blog
Managing ADMX Changes in Windows 10
This blog post was written by Mark Empson, who is a Premier Field Engineer based in the UK. Back in...
Date: 03/28/2017
ADMX Version History
Hi Everyone, Update October 30, 2017 My name is Kai Ohnesorge and I am working with Microsoft in a...
Date: 10/12/2016
Configuration Management on Servers
Nano Server is a remotely administered headless server operating system optimized for private clouds...
Date: 05/09/2016
Modern Windows Management
The Intune blog has a new post, "The Path to Modernizing Windows Management". It discusses the...
Date: 03/28/2016
GP MVP Activity
We already talked about Darren's tool to investigate Group Policy performance, so here's what some...
Date: 06/07/2013
Group Policy Deployment: Core Network Companion Guide
We have a new document in our technet library. The Core Network Companion Guide has a section...
Date: 12/18/2012
Listing Disabled GPOs in a Forest
This blog post is written by Judith, our technical writer, and based on an old blog post by Jeffrey...
Date: 12/11/2012
Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Infrastructure Status
You may be asking yourself, “What does infrastructure status have to do with Group Policy”....
Date: 11/29/2012
Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Results Report Improvements
Another change we made in Windows Server 2012 is in the Resultant Set of Policy reports. In...
Date: 11/28/2012
Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Using Remote GPUpdate
Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Using Remote GPUpdate If someone calls to say their computer...
Date: 11/27/2012
Group Policy in Windows Server 2012: Overview
Now that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 have been released, we’d like to share with you...
Date: 11/26/2012
Group Policy Settings Reference Spreadsheet
The Group Policy settings reference spreadsheet that coversthe available administrative template...
Date: 09/24/2012
Windows Server “8” Settings Spreadsheet
The latest Group Policy settings reference spreadsheet that covers the available administrative...
Date: 04/16/2012
How to add comment for a GPO with PowerShell
You might have seen GP MVP Jeremy Moskowitz’s post on how to recycle GPO comments. While Jeremy...
Date: 07/13/2011
Listing all GPOs in the current forest
This post was written by Judith, a technical writer for Group Policy. This is the second post in a...
Date: 06/10/2011
RSAT & GP Cmdlets
This post was written by Judith, a technical writer for Group Policy. This will be the first post in...
Date: 06/09/2011
Copy and Merge GPOs through Powershell
Ashley McGlone has a great script up for merging GPOs together through powershell. I wish I had this...
Date: 01/19/2011
AGPM Least Privilege for Child Domain
Michael has covered “least privilege” for AGPM before (the Active Directory team followed up with a...
Date: 10/22/2010
Tales from the Community - Deleting a registry value
Tales from the Community – Deleting registry values Okay, I've seen this question in the...
Date: 10/01/2010
More on searching group policy
Here’s a quick follow-up to our last post on the existence of GPO search. One of our MVPs,...
Date: 09/14/2010
Group Policy Videos
We've got two new videos for you!The TechNet guys dropped by to ask Lilia some questions (always a...
Date: 09/03/2010
Group Policy & Scripting
Hey, Scripting Guy! has a great series of posts around Group Policy & scripting:Using group...
Date: 07/23/2010
Cross post: AskDS Group Policy Search Settings in the cloud
Kapil posted a great article about a new tool created by Stephanus Schulte and Jean-Pierre Regente....
Date: 06/28/2010
Re-post: Darren Mar-Elia's "Controlling Shares on Windows Systems"
Darren Mar-Elia, aka GPOGuy, wrote a cool post about using Group Policy Preferences to remove...
Date: 06/22/2010
Importing and Exporting with AGPM
Thanks for tuning in this lovely Friday! Time for a glimpse into the advanced side of Group Policy,...
Date: 06/11/2010
Scripts I Mentioned
Hey everyone at MMS (or TechReady, or anywhere for that matter) If you've followed my advice and...
Date: 04/20/2010
How long does this script / WMI Filter take?
I was reading GP MVP Darren Mar-Elia’s forum about WMI Filters and discovered a sweet...
Date: 03/19/2010
WMI Filter Friday
It’s Friday and it’s sunny in my neighborhood, which means it is blog posting time! Let’s talk about...
Date: 03/19/2010
Visual C# Samples Using the GPMC Class Library Published!
We're pleased to inform that four new Visual C# samples have been published to the MSDN Library that...
Date: 03/09/2010
Troubleshooting Group Policy
Troubleshooting Group Policy can be a pain. I agree. When I try out new awesome Group Policy...
Date: 02/19/2010
GP Editorial: Group Policy Best Practices
Lots of people ask the Group Policy Team: What are the best settings to configure? What is the most...
Date: 01/25/2010
How to Install GPMC on Server 2008, 2008 R2, and Windows 7 (via RSAT)
Happy Holidays!https://www.youtube.com/user/jeremymoskowitz#p/u/0/UsYkbLzVsM8 This is the Group...
Date: 12/23/2009
Tales from the Community: Enforced vs. Block Inheritance
From the Group Policy TechNet Forum, featuring Florian, ever-helpful Group Policy MVP: Hi What is...
Date: 12/18/2009
TechEd Australia 2009 talks published
If you couldn't make it to the TechEd Australia 2009 conference in the Gold Coast, you missed a lot...
Date: 12/17/2009
Why didn't my Group Policy settings apply?
Here’s a brief summary of everything you need to know about the way Group Policy applies, care of...
Date: 12/17/2009
Tales from the Community: How do I deploy Windows 7 policy settings
From the Newsgroups:"Hi! In order to use all of windows 7 AD Policies you need to be running Windows...
Date: 12/16/2009
Reposted : 5 Group Policy Myths
I wish I had written this myself. Please read...
Date: 12/15/2009
Group Policy Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell Released!
In a previous post, Lilia wrote an Introduction to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets in Windows 7. Windows...
Date: 11/03/2009
Cross post: Terminal Server 2003 issues with Group Policy Preferences History Folder
I blogged on my blog today an article on Windows 2003 Terminal Servers and Group Policy Preferences...
Date: 10/28/2009
Windows 7 - Do I need to change my Active Directory for new Group Policy features?
Now that you’ve obviously purchased, installed, and started playing with your Windows 7...
Date: 10/27/2009
Group Policy Preferences : Colorful and Mysteriously Powerful, just like Windows 7
How could something like CRUD be desirable? In Group Policy world, even the impossible becomes...
Date: 10/26/2009
Group Policy Changes in Windows XP SP3
Im seeing tons of people on forums trying to find the Group Policy Changes in XP SP3 and Windows 7....
Date: 10/20/2009
TechEd Europe - Windows Server 2008 R2 GP Changes Session
I mentioned previously that I might be attending TechEd Europe this year to present on Windows...
Date: 10/13/2009
Managing Power with Group Policy Preferences: TechEd Online Video
We've mentioned managing power a couple times here on the blog, including a brief introduction and a...
Date: 10/09/2009
Interested in managing desktops with an online service? Get in on the private beta!
Want to test out and use new bits for Microsoft’s new hosted management service? A good friend...
Date: 10/07/2009
AGPM: GPLinks are being destroyed each time I deploy
A customer reported an issue to me recently where the customer reported that when using AGPM 3.0,...
Date: 10/05/2009