Learn how to set time zone information for Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 via Group Policy and the tzutil utility or by adding it to an existing GPO object.

With Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, for example, there are more than 3,700 settings for the operating system alone. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I care about only 10 settings.

Vista gave us a thorough preview of the changes in Group Policy that find their fruition in Server 2008; here’s a quick run-through of the changes you should know about when planning your migration.

Active Directory (AD) admins can mitigate the recently disclosed and actively exploited remote code execution (RCE) zero-day found in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library in large AD ...