In Part 1 of our Haystack series, we looked at two ways to search TechNet and the Azure App, Group Policy Search. Today, we are going to cover a way to improve the Group Policy Search service and to make it accessible in Windows Explorer.
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Finding the Technical Needle in the Proverbial Haystack (Part 1)
There is a plethora of information in Active Directory and Group Policy. Every new release of Server simply compounds this information. 9 times out of 10, everything you will ever need is on TechNet. Finding it is the problem. To make sense of this overload and to find exactly what I want when I need it, I use these two tricks.
Tracking Down Rogue CSEs: IE Maintenance GPO in Windows 8
“The time has come the Ballmer said to talk of many things. That IE Maintenance has to go and Blue will ship in Spring.”
Wait – what! IE Maintenance has to go? Come again Mr. Ballmer – did you just say it is already gone?
Holy Crap! It really is gone!
If IE Maintenance is missing, how can I edit settings like a homepage? The easy answer is – use a Windows 7 GPMC. The best answer is – use a Windows 7 GPMC to migrate those settings to Group Policy Preferences or Administrative Templates.
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Firing Up GPMC for the First Time? Your Next 3 Steps are…
Group Policy can be very overwhelming! Very few tools come equipped right out of the box with so much potential (and potential to blow things up). Before you dive too deep into Group Policy, you need to do these three things.
Policy or Preference?
With every additional option added, complexity is increased. As an example, look no further than Group Policy. Back in 2005, life was simple. Group Policy Preferences didn’t yet exist. The next year, Microsoft bought Desktop Standard. Suddenly, we had two ways of doing things. Though a good thing, choosing between two ways can be difficult at times. Let’s look at the differences.