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 ...

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 ...

As more companies become concerned about data breaches, IT solution providers are finding increased demand for firewall policy management. Companies are realizing that while they are trying to battan ...

NetPro last week bolstered its security and compliance suite for Microsoft’s Active Directory with software that lets users delegate who can set and change policies used to manage desktops and servers ...

While not completely comprehensive, there are a number of different policy settings that are exposed through the Active Directory Administrative Center. In many ways, working in an Amazon Web Services ...

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 ...

Over the years we have looked at this group just about annually. For a long time, it was fairly static. There was a point when GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) was all the rage and we spent a ...

Microsoft has bolstered its group-policy desktop management offering with the acquisition of New Hampshire software vendor DesktopStandard. Under the terms of the cash deal, Microsoft is acquiring the ...

Group Policy enables businesses to control and configure computer and user settings in an Active Directory environment. Administrators can use Group Policy Management Console to make changes to ...

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 ...

It is time to get serious with policy management. Regulatory requirements never have been greater or more complicated. Cybercrooks never have been more sophisticated. The enterprise never has been so ...