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.
How To: Safely Demote a Domain Controller
I see a couple of common questions every day on Experts-Exchange and TechNet Forums. The common theme in each question is that the answer isn’t easily found in one place. As in this post, Microsoft documents the process of demoting a DC in seven different Knowledge Base articles. The next few posts will cover these common questions and the resources to solve them.
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