Microsoft has announced an update to the lifecycle of Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2. The utility for managing Windows Updates in a corporate environment will have its extended support end date pushed back to January 14th, 2020. You can confirm this information on the Microsoft Product Lifecycle page for the WSUS 3.0 product. This new timeline matches the … [Read more...]
Internet Explorer Enterprise Mode Site List schema 2 improves readability
Microsoft released a new version of the Internet Explorer Enterprise Mode Site List tool within the past few months. It finally came time to update my list, so I installed the latest tool and updated the list. The big change is that you can specify which browser a URL should open in. For example, if you need a site to open in IE but the end-user opened it in Edge, the … [Read more...]
WMI filter to target VMware virtual servers
When using Group Policy, you have a lot of flexibility to target specific computers. You can link it to a specific organizational unit (OU), add security filtering, and for Group Policy Preferences, use Item-Level Targeting. Another option to further define the computers or users that a group policy will apply to is to use WMI filters. WMI filtering can be used on the GPO or as … [Read more...]
ADMX templates released for Windows 10 v1607
The Administrative templates for Group Policy have been updated for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update release. The files were not available on the release day but were available for download a few days later. The download of the 'Administrative Templates for Windows 10' was updated when version 1511 was released last November. With the recent release of version 1607, I … [Read more...]
New RSAT accompanies Windows 10 v1607
A new version of the Remote Server Administration Tools was published last week, ahead of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update release. Version 1.2 was released June 27th, 2016. Not finding a changelog or announcement, I am not sure what has changed with this version. Most likely, it contains further compatibility with Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 and it certainly includes … [Read more...]