"The Group Policy Experts"
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"The Group Policy Experts"
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About GPOGUY.COM This site is dedicated to providing advanced knowledge, tools and information related to Windows Group Policy. The emphasis here is on advanced information. I try not to re-hash the stuff you find in Microsoft's own documentation or elsewhere--there's plenty of that out there. The content I post here is the product of 6 years of tinkering, investigating and de-bunking Group Policy--from the early days of Windows 2000 beta in 1998 until now. When I first discovered Group Policy, I was working for a large financial services company helping to design and then deploy NT 3.5, 4.0 and ultimately Win2K. I had done just about everything that was physically possible using system policies in NT 4.0 and when I first caught a glimpse of Group Policy, thought that I had found the promised land. Of course, as with any complex technology, I have been both impressed and frustrated since then. To that end, this site is dedicated to bringing you as much detail as I can about what I've learned and continue to learn about this very powerful technology--Group Policy. Please contact me often and let me know what problems you're having and what things you'd like to see on this site. I look forward to making it a great resource for everyone who considers themselves "GPO Hackers".
Bio: Darren Mar-Elia is currently CTO and Founder of SDM Software, Inc., a startup focused on delivering innovative Group Policy management solutions. SDM Software is expecting to ship its first products by the end of 2006. Prior to SDM, Darren was Sr. Director of Product Engineering for DesktopStandard, the first company to build 3rd party extensions to Group Policy. That company was acquired by Microsoft in September, 2006. Prior to joining DesktopStandard, Darren was Quest Software’s CTO for Windows Management. Darren has more than 18 years of experience in systems and network administration design and architecture. His focus and expertise has been on large-scale enterprise implementations of Windows infrastructures in distributed and data center environments. Prior to joining Quest, he worked as director of Windows architecture and planning for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. In that capacity he was technical lead for the company’s Windows NT & 2000 design and migration efforts. He also held the roles of network engineer, web performance engineer and Novell LAN consultant in the 8 1/2 years he was at Schwab. Darren has been a contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine since 1997. He has written and contributed to eleven different books on Windows NT, XP, 2000 & 2003 including most recently, the "Windows Group Policy Guide", published by Microsoft Press, “The Definitive Guide to Windows 2000 Administration,” “The Definitive Guide to Windows 2000 Group Policy” and “The Tips & Tricks Guide to Group Policy,” all published online by Realtimepublishers.com. Darren is the author of “Guide to the Windows 2000 Registry,” published online by Windows & .NET Magazine, and is a contributing author of: “Mastering Win2K Server,” (Sybex), “NT Server 4.0 Advanced Technical Reference” (QUE) and “Special Edition: Using NT Server 4.0” (QUE). Darren also speaks frequently at conferences on Windows infrastructure topics. |
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