SDM Software

SDM Software, provides a whole suite of tools for better managing Group Policy. These include:

• GPO Compare: Powerful too for reporting on inconsistencies and differences between two GPOs. 

• GPexpert(r) Group Policy Automation Engine: The only product on the market that lets you automate changes and audits of Group Policy Settings, using VBscript or PowerShell. 

• GPExpert(r) Desktop Policy Manager: An innovative product that lets you manage desktop configuration using Group Policy, from a browser-based interface that provides approval-based workflows.
• GPExpert(r) Troubleshooting Pak: Four products that help you track down and solve Group Policy problems. 
• GPExpert(r) Backup Manager for GP: Advanced Backup and Rollback and Recovery of GPOs and GPO Links. 

• Group Policy Health Cmdlet: Provides a free PowerShell-based command-line tool for retrieving Group Policy status across multiple machines in your AD environment
•  Group Policy & Active Directory Freeware: A variety of free tools for managing Group Policy and Active Directory

Special Operations Software Group Policy Products

Check out the GP products from the Swedish company Special Operations Software. They have a couple of interesting GP-related products, including SpecOpsDeploy, which extends what you can do with GP-based software installation, and SpecOps Password Policy, which lets you set different password policies within a single AD domain.

Microsoft GP Operations Guide provides troubleshooting information for Server 2003 SP1 as well as Windows 2000 and XP

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The GP Talk Mailing List on this site!

To start with, there is my gptalk mailing list, which is a group dedicated to Group Policy questions and solutions.