Jeremy's GP Resources

Here, you'll find various articles, webinars, and more concerning Group Policy and related technologies about which Jeremy either wrote, spoke, or was otherwise involved in.

If you have pointers to other articles and such (not by Jeremy) that you think would be useful, let us know! Send your suggestion to tips (at) gpanswers.com. Thanks!

Jeremy Moskowitz/Moskowitz, Inc/GPanswers.com in the news

• eWeek's glowing review of Jeremy's book. Check it out here (and scroll down a little bit.)
• Moskowitz, inc./GPanswers.com was recently suggested as place to get "Master Training" in this very nice TechTarget article
• Meet the Expert: Jeremy Moskowitz - SearchWin2000.com
• New Group Policy Task Force (GPTF) Organization Formed to Coordinate Efforts between Vendors Who Enhance Group Policy - Vintela Press Room
• Best practices for Active Directory staff development - SearchWin2000.com
• Tools spring up to harness Group Policy's potential - SearchWin2000.com
• Group Policy controls extended to Unix, Linux - SearchWin2000.com
• Task force to tackle Group Policy standards - SearchWin2000.com
• Planning for Windows Server 2003 - SearchWin2000.com

REDMOND Magazine

• Februrary 2007: Why Group Policy Matters
• May 2003 (Online Feature): Troubleshooting Microsoft' SUS Server
• March 2003 (Feature): Patching the Holes with Microsoft's SUS Server
• November 2002 (Feature): Group Policy XPerience with Windows XP
• October 2002: (Feature): Printer Magic
• October 2001: (Feature): Troubleshoot Group Policy
• December 2000 (Cover Story): Take it Easy, Let Windows 2000 IntelliMirror Do All the Work

Windows IT Pro Magazine (Formerly Windows & .Net Mag)

• February 2002 (Cover Story): SMS, IntelliMirror and MOM
• January 2004: Change and Configuration Management for AD
• January 2004: Change and Configuration Management Tools
• September 2004: Don't Wait - Back Up Those GPOs Now!
• December 2004: My Favorite Tips for Windows XP SP2

TechNet Magazine

• January 2008:  Inside ADM and ADMX Templates for Group Policy
• November 2007:  Changes to Offline Files in Windows Vista
• June 2007:  Managing Hardware Restrictions via Group Policy
• November 2006:  More Powerful Group Policy in Windows Vista
• October 2006:  File Server Migration Toolkit
• August 2006:  Manage Printers with New Group Policy Features in Windows Server 2003 R2
• July 2006:  The Shared Computer Toolkit
• June 2006:  Ins And Outs Of Delegation And Control
• December 2005: A Hands-On Guide to Hands-Off Updates with WSUS
• Spring 2005:  Secure Your Desktops With The New Group Policy Settings in SP2

InstallShield

• MSI 101: Why MSI? (1 of 6)
• MSI 201: About MSIEXEC (2 of 6)
• MSI 301: Preparing for deploying MSI packages with Active Directory (3 of 6)
• MSI 401: Preparing to Deploy MSI Packages with Active Directory (4 of 6)
• MSI 501: Managing Deployed MSI Applications (5 of 6)
• MSI 601: Transform and Patches (6 of 6)

Vista Bits & Bytes

• SearchWinIT.com: Windows Vista doubles Group Policy's potential

• Interesting article about Third Party Group Policy tool from Network Computing Magazine here. They sort of "jumble" different kinds of tools together in this review, instead of comparing apples to apples - but it's a good read nonetheless.
• A very interesting eWeek article about the power of Group Policy to help lock down your desktops. Check it out here.

Fun and Stupid

• It's been a while since we talked about it, but my pal Tom wrote a Java-based game . . . about me. "Jeremy's Quest for Snapple." Play it here.

Miscellaneous

• I've wrote a free eBook for RealTimePublishers on Backup and Recovery. Not a whole lot of Group Policy content, but hopefully useful nonetheless. Check it out here

• New Article I wrote for Technet magazine: A Hands-On Guide to Hands-Off Updates with WSUS.
  • I think you'll like this article. Some GP content, but also a lot of WSUS architecture best-practices. You'll find it here.