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Create Deployment Rings Using Windows 10 Update for Business

Russell Smith shows you how to use Windows Update for Business policy settings to create deployment rings for Windows 10 Feature Updates.

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Create GPOs Using the Security Compliance Manager Tool

In today’s edition of Ask the Admin, Russell Smith will show you how to export security templates as Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

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Remote Network Access: Health Certificates

In pt 4 of our series on Remote Network Access, discover how to create and publish health certificate templates and work with Network Policy Server (NPS) servers.

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Disabling Access to Removable Storage in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Later

USB sticks can lead to security risks. Learn how to apply a policy to quickly block all removable storage in this Ask an Admin.

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What is Group Policy?

Group Policy is an infrastructure feature in Active Directory that allows IT pros to manage their users’ Windows environments and servers. In this article, I will explain in detail what is Group Policy, what is a Group Policy Object (GPO), and how to adjust the policy settings to meet your security needs and compliance requirements….

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A Useful PowerShell Script to Document Your Active Directory Environment

Daniel Petri shows us how this free and helpful PowerShell script can reduce the time needed to document your Active Directory environment.

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Working with Group Policy

This article deals with the mechanism of deploying and verifying GPO deployment. It will not deal in the GPO itself and the settings inside it (these settings and configurations will be discussed in different articles). Note that this article was written and contributed to the site by Amir Meron. Group Policy is a one of…

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Protect Windows Server Using the Security Configuration Wizard Part 2: Applying and Rolling Back Policies and Advanced Features

Our two-part series on the Windows Server Security Configuration Wizard concludes with a look at how to apply and roll back security policies.

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Group Policy Object Modeling in Windows Server 2008

If you have ever done much work with group policies, then you have undoubtedly found out that managing group policies are an organization wide basis can be a complicated endeavor. That’s primarily due to the hierarchical nature of group policies. Group policy settings can be applied at the OU, site, domain, and local computer levels….

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Run a Script or Batch File with Administrative Privileges as Windows Starts

In this quick how-to, find out how to configure a Group Policy Object to run a startup script with admin privileges.

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