Group policies have been a core component of Windows Server and Active Directory for decades, and yet it never ceases to amaze me how many different philosophies there are with regard to group ...

To learn more about these steps, continue reading. First, you need to open the Server Manager. You can open it from the Start Menu or by searching for it in the Taskbar search box. Then, choose the ...

We looked for format flexibility in reporting tools beyond what Microsoft offers with its Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. For example, we wanted the ability to create comparisons between ...

The Group Policy Management Console -- also known as the GPMC or Group Policy Management Editor -- is used to configure permissions and settings in Windows Server 2008. It is one of the easiest ways ...

In this post, we will show you how to exclude individual users or computers from a Group Policy Object. Usually, when group policy is applied, it is applied for all the computers or user groups or all ...

Tweaking Windows settings that are not readily available in standard menus will commonly require modifications to be made from the OS' Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc). The registry ...

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 ...