Best Practices

This is a collection of post that I have written that I believe represent Best Practices. These are only to be used as a guidline for configuring your environment and you should alwasys consider your requirements first before implementing these ideas.


Below is a list of all the Best Practices in cronological order:


Disappearing Folder Redirection Issues with Windows 7

Best Practice: Group Policy for Virtual Desktops Infrastructure (VDI)

Best Practice: Configuring a Software Library for Group Policy Software Deployment

Best Practice: Group Policy for WSUS

Best Practice: How to deploy Software using Group Policy

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to configure Windows 7 Logon UI Background Wallpaper

Using Group Policy to configure Desktop Wallpaper (“Background”)

Best Practice: Group Policy for Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0

Best Practice: How to show or hide Control Panel items in Windows 7 using Group Policy

Best Practive: How to enable a disabled Local Administrator account offline in Windows 7 (even when using BitLocker)

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy Preference enable auto-logon

Best Practice: Group Policy for Microsoft Security Essentials

Best Practice: How to delegate AD permission to Organisational Units using the PowerShell command Add-QADPermission

How to configure Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to control Services

Best Practice: Group Policy Design Guidelines – Part 2

Best Practice: Active Directory Structure Guidelines – Part 1

Best Practice: How to manage Windows Firewall settings using Group Policy

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to turn off Backup Notification in the Windows 7 Action Center – The Easier Way

Best Practice: How to apply a Group Policy Object to individual users or computer

Best Practice: How to exclude individual users or computers from a Group Policy Object

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to configure home page settings – Part 3

Best Practice: How to configure AppLocker Group Policy in Windows 7 to block third-party browsers

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to black/white list wireless networks in Vista & Windows 7

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to configure Internet Explorer security zone sites

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to configure home page settings – Part 2

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to configure home page settings – Part 1

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to disable USB drives on Windows XP

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to make USB drives read only on Windows XP

Best Practice: How to schedule a delayed start logon script with Group Policy

How to use Group Policy Preferences to Secure Local Administrator Groups

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy Preferences to change account Passwords

Best Practice: How to configure Group Policy to use Data Recovery Agents with “Bitlocker to Go” drives – Part 2

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy to save “BitLocker to Go” recovery keys in Active Directory – Part 1

Best Practice: How to use Group Policy Preferences to manage Windows Power Plans

Best Practice: How to make Adobe Reader 9 more secure using Group Policy