Red / Green: GP Preferences http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2008/10/13/red-green-gp-preferences-doesn-t-work-even-though-the-policy-applied-and-after-gpupdate-force.aspx All those options  you can adjust in the Advanced Tab; that's a lot of granularity and a lot of work to get exactly right. Instead of forcing admins to modify every single setting when they configure an IE option, Preferences offers the ability to pick and choose which setting choices the... Continue Reading →

http://blogs.technet.com/b/meacoex/archive/2013/08/04/step-by-step-active-directory-import-for-sharepoint-2013.aspx Step by Step: Active Directory Import for SharePoint 2013 Active Directory Import (AKA Active Directory Direct Import – ADDI) is one of the new features in SharePoint 2013 allowing you to import users from active directory into your SharePoint User Profile Service Application. Background In SharePoint 2010, there was only one method allowing you... Continue Reading →

http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2008/10/13/red-green-gp-preferences-doesn-t-work-even-though-the-policy-applied-and-after-gpupdate-force.aspx All those options  you can adjust in the Advanced Tab; that's a lot of granularity and a lot of work to get exactly right. Instead of forcing admins to modify every single setting when they configure an IE option, Preferences offers the ability to pick and choose which setting choices the admin wants to be pushed... Continue Reading →