This is an excellent article written by Darren Mar-Elia author of gpoguy.com and founder of sdmsoftware. The article provides guidance for optimizing Group Policy Performance. Read the entire article here
Archive of posts filed under the Active Directory category.
Redirect Computers Container in Active Directory
When joining a Computer to an Active Directory domain using the Domain Join UI in Windows or a command line tool such as NETDOM.EXE, by default the computer object is stored in the Computers container which is defined as the default Container in Active Directory for new created Computer objects. The disadvantage of this is [...]
4 Great App-V videos
I’m just about to expand my knowledge a bit around App-V. I haven’t done any hands-on yet, because I usually first focus on gathering all the useful resources available on the net, and then start reading these. By doing so, I found these fantastic videos on The Blogcast Repository. Deployment Scenarios with App-V 4.5 Planning [...]
Updating the Central Store for Windows 7 Group Policy Administrative Templates
One of the things to consider when deploying Windows 7 clients is to update the Central Store on your domain controllers. If you haven’t created a Central Store yet, I recommend you watch the video or read the documentation I have listed at the end of this post. If you do have a Central Store [...]
Applocker Documentation
The AppLocker Technical Documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provides technical guidance about understanding how AppLocker works and how to effectively plan and deploy AppLocker policies. The download contains two documents: BETA – AppLocker Frequently Asked Questions.pdf BETA – Planning and Deploying Windows AppLocker Policies.pdf Download here
Accidental object deletion prevention in Active Directory
When creating objects in Active Directory you can set a flag that prevents accidental deletion of an object. While this setting is visible in the UI by default when creating an Organizational Unit, for other objects like Users, Groups and Computers, this flag is not set by default and can only be set if the [...]
What’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
In the video below Brian Desmond and Laura talk about the new things that come with Windows Server 2008 R2 AD.
Going beyond the standard Group Policy Preferences
Group Policies and Group Policy Preferences are great technologies to manage your enterprise desktops. But what if you want to go beyond the features Microsoft has build into the Group Policy Management Console? With PolicyPak you can consistently manage ANY application’s settings using the Windows native Group Policy technology. have a look at the PolicyPak [...]
Finding FSMO Role Owners
In preparation of doing some Group Policy related things, I decided to extend my Home Lab AD infrastructure running on Windows Server 2003, with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2 domain controllers. Because at some stage I want to get rid of the Windows 2003 Server I also moved the FSMO roles from the [...]
