Goodbye AGPM: Modernizing Group Policy Management
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Live Webinar May 5, 2026
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT
Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) has now reached end of life, leaving many organizations without security updates, vendor support, or a supported governance model for Group Policy. For environments where Group Policy remains tightly coupled to authentication, authorization, and Active Directory security, this creates immediate security, compliance, and operational gaps.
AGPM was designed for a different era. Its approval workflows, versioning model, and check‑out mechanisms assume manual administration and limited automation. In modern, identity‑driven environments with scripted changes, delegated administration, and hybrid operations, these legacy assumptions no longer hold.
In this webinar, we examine what AGPM actually provided, what risks emerge now that it is retired, and what organizations should expect from a modern approach to Group Policy governance. Attendees will learn how contemporary platforms can replace AGPM’s core business value while extending it with granular access control, continuous visibility, and rapid recovery from both accidental and malicious GPO changes, including ransomware‑driven tampering.
Your Presenters:
Craig Birch
Principal Security Engineer - Cayosoft
Craig brings over 24 years of hands-on experience in Active Directory architecture, operations, and security. Craig’s extensive expertise spans Active Directory, AD migrations, identity management, Entra ID, and M365 technologies, with a strong emphasis on securing these environments.

Brian Desmond
Principal - Ravenswood Technology Group, LLC
Brian is a Microsoft MVP, author, and speaker focused heavily on Active Directory, Identity Management, Security, Compliance, and Office 365 architecture and engineering projects. With a track record of successfully executing complex consulting engagements, Brian has delivered numerous enterprise-scale deployments around the world at Fortune 100 and larger scale organizations.
