As you know along with Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 8 Beta has been released and of course I have taken a look at the list of new Group Policy setting that apply to Windows 8. From the list of new Windows 8 Consumer Previews settings I have selected some policy setting that talk about features that look…

One of the most common complaints I hear about Group Policy is that it make the log on slow… Well.. I have been using the Windows Developer Preview of Windows 8 for a while now and I have only just discovered a cool new feature that might just help address this issue. When you run a GPRESULT report on a…

So I am stuck in hospital for the new few days (I’m fine) but luckily I have my laptop with so I am going to watch more of the BUILD sessions videos to see what titbits I can find out about Windows 8. If you have not already read my other post about what it new in Windows 8 then…

The Windows Developer Preview version of Windows Server 8 has been on MSDN now for a while therefore I setup a Domain Controller and found some very interesting new Group Policy features lurking… Group Policy Infrastructure Status If you click on the domain name in GPMC you will notice there is a new tab called “Infra Status”. As the page…

Over the past few days in my spare time I have been watching some of the BUILD session video’s about Windows 8. Below are just some of the notes around Windows 8 that I have been able to find out what is new in Windows 8. Some of these features are consumer and/or server orientated but all of these features…

Microsoft showed in great details for two hours Windows 8 during the start of the BUILD conference today. If you would like to watch the whole 2 hour video you can check it out at right now at http://www.buildwindows.com/ .  Check out the keynote below. From what I have seen from the video, I can truly say that Windows 8…

In case you missed it Steven Sinofsky has just shown a preview of Windows 8 UI at the All Things D conference. I have posted a few screenshots and the official Microsoft video below to wet your appetite… Sorry I have no news on what new with Group Policy, yet… Lock Screen Start Screen Check out the full video below: