NetPro last week bolstered its security and compliance suite for Microsoft’s Active Directory with software that lets users delegate who can set and change policies used to manage desktops and servers ...

We analyze Microsoft’s Group Policy Object technology and check out its central administration tool, Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Windows customers use Microsoft’s Group Policy Object ...

Let's walk through what to do and what you should avoid when group policy structures get a bit complicated. In the first part of this series, I discussed some various ways that you could document your ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Managing technology in today’s fast-paced, hybrid work environment can feel like juggling too many balls at once. If you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed by the complexity of configuring user ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a Group Policy analytics tool that's designed to show which on-premises policies for Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients will have support when using mobile ...

When Microsoft introduced group policy objects (GPOs) along with Windows Server 2000 nearly 17 years ago, they were an exciting new approach to managing user and system permissions. Today, they’re ...

The Settings app and Control Panel are the two go-to destinations for Windows customizations and settings. However, the Local Group Policy Editor is probably home to some of the most advanced user ...

Managing client devices remotely on a network is the Holy Grail of just about any system administrator. Given the reliance on technology, the number of systems being managed is expanding more than ...