Fine Grained Password Polices (FGPP) allow IT administrator to apply password and account lockout policies to different users or groups of users in you domain. The major pain about FGPP is that you cant just use Group Policy to use them instead you h...
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I have posted about the Advanced Group Policy Management (aka AGPM) server tool [previously](
In this second of what I am sure are many FAQ posts, I am going to show you how you can use Group Policy Preferences to map printers in your organisation to help you do away with mapping printers via logon scrips. Firstly this is only a brief introd...
Continue Reading →I am very happy to say that the Group Policy Center has now been running for over one year. The growth in the past 12 months has been fantastic and I would like to thank everyone who has ever visited and/or commented on an article on this site. Belo...
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Even though Group Policy Preference have been out for a number of years (since Windows Server 2008) it is still a relatively unknown feature of group policy. Therefore this is the first of a few articles I am going to be writing about some of the bas...
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[]()Microsoft have now released Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 to the web which has a number of new features over the previous version. * **Windows Firewall integration**...
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I am SUPER excited to be able to offer a 20% discount off all books at both the [Microsoft Press Shop Australia](
Welcome... The Group Policy Center is a web site I have made to publish all the tip's, tricks and how-to's that I have learnt over years using Group Policy. I hope that you find this web site valuable for all your Group Policy needs. Feedback (good a...
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This is a simple tip that I want to share about the right way to Organisation Units to ensure that you always have them protected from accidental deletion. Ever since Windows Server 2008/Vista there has been an option in ADUC called "[Protect contai...
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One of the common lock down's that administrator apply to Remote Desktop Services Servers (a.k.a. Terminal Services (a.k.a. Citrix)) is to remove all but the essential control panel items. Previous to Windows 7 you had to specify the .cpl (e.g. time...
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Microsoft have just released a new Group Policy related hotfix that resolves a memory leak with Group Policy Preferences in Windows Server 2008. [KB2300745](