“ I finally figured out how we would block out USB ports and games and lockdown users. This alone made the entire class an extremely valuable and fun learning experience. I learned how to use Vista’s event viewer to track a single event in group policy ‐ so easy but powerful! I learned how to set up various restrictions on a PC for different users. A tremendously valuable feature! I cannot wait to get back to the office and implement what I have learned. I highly recommend the whole week to anyone who has anything to do with Group Policy. Nothing beats these classes, nothing. ”

Mark Latham, PC Support Specialist, Mercy Regional Medical Center

“ I was immediately able to better troubleshoot client side policies by analyzing ONE GP "Event Cycle." I learned how to create an event filter and use the GPlogview tool.”

Gary Guilmette, Sysadmin ESRI

“ Absolutely, your class has been full of great takeaways that will truly benefit our organization immediately.
Our organization has been utilizing Group Policy for approximately three years now and it's always been a mystery as to whether or not we are truly getting the most out of this powerful toolset. Jeremy's courses offer very clear and concise instruction with a completely hands on approach. After hearing Jeremy speak, I immediately identified that the policies in our organization are far too bloated. We've always assumed that the fewer policies applied to our workstations the better, however, when problems arise it can be very difficult to troubleshoot one policy with many settings in both user and computer configurations.
Our organization also has several kiosk‐type workstations that our field technicians dread dealing with because they are locked out of everything. Now I have the knowledge to specifically deny our field technicians from having the policy(s) apply to them so they can work quickly, efficiently, and with less frustration. That's a big win for all!
I'm also confident in saying that I know what the loopback policy is doing! This has been an enigma since we move to Active Directory. Most explanations about how the loopback policy works are so elusive and convoluted I wasn't sure what to believe anymore. Jeremy was able to sum it up in 10 minutes in terms that I could understand.
Thanks for your high energy, teamwork, and for providing a positive learning environment! ”

Matt Welling, Office of the Attorney General

“ Even after working with GPO's for several years now, the training was of great value to me. I did not regret [flying in from Europe] and joining the training for one second. On the one hand I got the confirmation that I was on the right track developing our current set of GPO's and on the other hand I learned a lot of new useful things. I can't wait to start with the preparations. ”

Frank Verheyen, Henkel International

“ I’m a [Federal] employee who took your course through [our IT offices] a couple of years ago (or less). Just wanted to say thanks so much for the excellent training because I finally had a chance to use it in depth for the first time (had done a few MINOR GPO tasks previously) and was able (with SOME guidance from others) to do what I needed to do based on what I learned in your class. FYI, we had to apply (with some editing) NIST policies to our PCs and I’m really grateful for having had the training with you because it came in VERY handy during this crunch to comply with OMB mandates to do this by Feb 4, 2008. Keep up the good work and I’ll encourage my staff to consider your training the next time you are in our neighborhood. ”

Jane, Federal Employee

“ After hearing Jeremy speak, I realized that I have a great deal of work to do. I came in knowing little about GP, except for the fact that it is a powerful tool. As a manager, I accompanied my co‐worker to this training so that I would get enough info to speak intelligently to him to express my wishes for my network. I believe that with your training and new books, my network engineer and I can confidently move forward. ”

Philip Taylor, CIO, Christian School District, State of Kentucky

“ After listening to Jeremy, I felt much more confident in working with Group Policy and using it for many benefits in our Organization. The book was a great supplement, too. ”

Mark Flannery, Manager, IT Operations, Miller‐Valentine Group.

“ After hearing Jeremy speak today about Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection, I was immediately able to see how I can save my company time and resources with PC deployments and redeployments. After working with Jeremy’s labs for the GPPEs [from the Group Policy 2.0 class] I can see many realworld applications that I can put into production immediately. ”

Les Shigley, Technology Specialist (Desktop Support), Sakuma Bros.

“ I was able to apply some of the Group Policy best practices that I had not already implemented. I am also looking forward to implementing the many new Vista/W2K8 GPOs. ”

Anthony White, Sr. Systems Administrator, Adventist Health Systems

“ I have had a hundred A‐HA moments during this course. The best moment for me was when I found out that with the GPPE's I could reset a LOCAL user account password!!! Unfortunately someone in our domain leaked the local admin password to everyone. With over 5000 computers, that is a lot of wasted time to reset the password. Thank YOU for showing me how to do this. Thanks again for the wonderful class! ”

Mark Olszewski, State of Montana

“ After taking Jeremy's class, I was able to create and troubleshoot Group Policy in our environment. Others tried to convince me that the "Microsoft Standard" is to have one huge policy, but roubleshooting that policy for them was a nightmare. After they saw how easy it was to create smaller, less complicated policies, troubleshooting became a piece of cake. ”

David Nietrzeba, Server Administrator, University of Toledo

“ After hearing Jeremy speak today, I immediately was able to see that there are some things we can do in much more efficient ways. I immediately was able to come up with a solution for something we have wanted to do but have been unable to do. I immediately was able to figure out that there are some things we can do that we didn't even realize we might want to do. ”

Sam Lair, System Technician, Sr. (Office of the CIO), State of Idaho

“ Jeremy, I just wanted to say thanks again for the information presented in your training this week. I was able to learn a number of tips & tricks concerning GP that will be applicable in our environment. We have two departments that can surely use their own OU and be managed with GP. I've been wanting to do this for awhile and now that I've been pointed in the right direction, I can finally make it happen. You're awesome, dude. ”

Jeffrey Ballard, Oregon Department of Transportation

“ After hearing Jeremy speak, I was immediately able to confidently use GPMC, and successfully deploy many GPO's which have saved my sanity and added years to my life. Having a copy of Jeremy's Group policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror book on hand has given me instant access to many of those "How does this work in the real world?" questions. Thanks Jeremy, You are awesome! ”

Tad Johnson, Lead Systems Administrator

“ [I] used the tools he demonstrated and those tools saved me a lot of time and money. ”

Will Fahim, Senior Network Engineer, County of Orange, CA

“ If you want to learn everything about Group Policy, then you need to attend Jeremy's training class, I came in as a novice and left an expert. Jeremy speaks to you, not above you. ”

John Shorey, Desktop Computing Specialist, Princeton University

“ After taking Jeremy's Group Policy Class, my staff and I were able to reduce the number of help desk calls dramatically! Thank you Jeremy! ”

Scott Iver, MCSE Systems Administrator, Royal Canin USA, Inc.