Microsoft Monday moved to improve its portfolio of management tools by acquiring DesktopStandard, which develops software that uses group policy for managing computers. DesktopStandard develops a ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of a Group Policy analytics tool that's designed to show which on-premises policies for Windows 10 and Windows 11 clients will have support when using mobile ...

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 ...

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 ...

Group policies have been a core component of Windows Server and Active Directory for decades, and yet it never ceases to amaze me how many different philosophies there are with regard to group ...

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 ...

Windows 11 is a very popular operating system, but it is also quite bloated. Microsoft has loaded Windows 11 with a number of features that are useful to some but an absolute pain to most people.

Microsoft this week announced two new services aimed at Office 365 ProPlus users. The first is the Office Cloud Policy service, which is now generally available and accessible by IT pros via a portal ...

Managing technology in today’s fast-paced, hybrid work environment can feel like juggling too many balls at once. If you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed by the complexity of configuring user ...

When Microsoft introduced group policy objects (GPOs) along with Windows Server 2000 nearly 17 years ago, they were an exciting new approach to managing user and system permissions. Today, they’re ...

How to manage your organization’s Microsoft Store Group Policy Your email has been sent Prevent users from launching Microsoft Store apps Disable the Microsoft Store Allow only the private store to be ...

To run this tool, open an elevated Command Prompt, type the following, and hit Enter: To force apply only the changed policies, type or copy-paste the following command, and hit Enter: In Windows ...