Group Policies

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…

In Windows 10/8.1 and Windows Server 2016/2012 R2 the logon screen by default 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…

Group Policy allows you to run various script files at a computer startup/shutdown or during user logon/logout. You can use GPOs not only to run classic batch files on a…

By default, when you create a new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is by default added…

In this article, we’ll take a look on how to manage local administrator passwords on a domain joined computers using the official Microsoft tool – LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution).…