Microsoft this week posted a free tool to help administrators manage Group Policy. The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) combines new functionality with existing Microsoft tools to centralize and ...

In case you haven't heard or forgotten, Microsoft announced Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) will be at end of life (EOL) in April 2026. With less than a year to go, it's time to prepare for ...

Desktop management vendor AutoProf this week is scheduled to release software that will let users streamline the centralized management and configuration of servers and desktops. Desktop management ...

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In rolling out Release Candidate 2 of Windows .NET Server 2003 on Thursday, Microsoft Corp. also offered the bulk of its user base a first look at a new tool for the prickly problems of Group Policy ...

Windows 7 comes with a host of new features that greatly simplify everyday tasks. In a corporate environment, however, the last thing IT wants is for users to have free rein of these features once ...

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 ...

Policy management in the post-PC world will be different -- and inferior for a while -- than for traditional Windows PCs Is Microsoft joining Apple and Google in divorcing mobile devices from the ...

I'm taking a couple weeks off before the busiest part of Microsoft's 2012 kicks into full gear. But never fear: The Microsoft watching will go on while I'm gone. I've asked a few illustrious members ...

Group Policy was introduced in Windows 2000 Server and was a great boon to administrator productivity. While Group Policy was enhanced and extended in Windows Server 2003, there were not many ...