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Last year, I posted Three useful ways to get started with Group Policy in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. With the release of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 last month, it’s time to look at managing Microsoft’s latest and greatest Operating Systems: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 offer a lot … Continue reading "Get started with managing Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 through Group Policies"

Earlier this month, Microsoft released KnowledgeBase article 2891966. In this article, Microsoft engineers describe an issue when you open the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc) and check the status of Active Directory and SYSVOL (DFSR) replication for the domain as it relates to Group Policy.

Last week, Microsoft released KnowledgeBase article 2890259. It describes an issue in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with Group Policy Preferences for Local Users and Groups. In some circumstances, these Group Policy Preferences would not apply, resulting in events with EventId 4098 in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe) on your domain-joined Windows 8-based device(s) … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: Group Policy Preferences for Local Users and Groups fails with Event ID 4098 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012"

Last week, Microsoft issued KnowledgeBase Article 2849027, discussing that Internet Explorer security-related preferences are silently applied to targeted computers, without any indication this is happening.

Last month, Microsoft has released KnowledgeBase article 2862966 An update is available that improves management of weak certificate cryptographic algorithms in Windows as a helping hand to administrators to indicate and/or eradicate the use of weak cryptographic algorithms in their networking environments.

One year of Windows XP support remains. After twelve years, now is the time to migrate off this 2001 Operating System or to take your security measures to assure your colleagues experience the least impact of the End of Support (EoS) situation. Of course, migrating to a later version of Windows or to another (supported) … Continue reading "So you want to continue using Windows XP?"

Windows Server 2012 introduces a new Group Policy feature: ‘Infrastructure Status’. This feature is present in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on Windows Server 2012 and in the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) package for Windows 8, and introduces a Status tab for the domain level.

On September 20, the Dutch Networking User Group (NGN) organized an event on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. During this day, several speakers provides inspiration, information and guidance on implementing and managing Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Speakers at this event includes Ruben Spruijt, Raymond Comvalius, Alex de Jong, Roel van Bueren, Jeff … Continue reading "My presentation on Group Policies in Windows Server 2012 is now online (Dutch)"

Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 offer a lot of new functionality. Of course, a lot of this functionality can be centrally managed with Active Directory through Group Policy. But how do you find the Group Policy settings that are new to these two Operating Systems? How do you find that specific Group Policy setting … Continue reading "Three useful ways to get started with Group Policy in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012"

For ages, organizations deploying Windows installations wanted a uniform look for their machines, to work on their professional image towards employees, partners and customers. Now, in Windows 8, a couple of new Group Policy settings have been introduced to centrally manage the new user interface features. In this blogpost I’ll discuss the five new Group … Continue reading "Five must-have Group Policy settings to create an uniform look for your Windows 8 clients"