Group Policies

In this manual I will try to tell you about typical reasons why a Group Policy object (GPO) may not be applied to an organizational unit (OU), specific computer or…

In this article we’ll get acquainted with the Chrome Group Policy administrative templates (admx), provided by Google, that allow you to centrally manage browser settings in an Active Directory domain.…

NTLM (NT LAN Manager) has been used as the basic Microsoft authentication protocol for quite a long time: since Windows NT. Although Microsoft introduced a more secure Kerberos authentication protocol…

To centrally manage the settings of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel. Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.) in the AD domain using Group Policies, there are special Office administrative (ADMX) templates. These…

By default, the logon screen in Windows 10/8.1 and Windows Server 2016/2012 R2 displays the account of the last user who logged in to the computer (if the user password…

Let’s consider how to deploy the same desktop background image (wallpaper) on all Windows workstations in the Active Directory domain using Group Policies. As a rule, it is important for…

Windows Firewall allows to restrict inbound/outbound network traffic for a certain application, protocol or a TCP/IP port. This is an easy way to restrict network access to/from user workstations or…

Let’s look on how to centrally deploy an SSL certificate on domain computers and add it to the Trusted Root Certification Authorities using Group Policy. After the certificate is deployed,…

In this article, we will look at how to use Group Policy (GPO) to centrally create, modify, import and delete any registry keys on domain-joined computers.

All Windows versions have a built-in feature for automatically updating root certificates from the Microsoft websites. As part of the Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program, MSFT maintains and publishes a…