how do use admx file in server 2008?

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• Friday, June 29, 2012 1:29 PM

   

   
  

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  Here is a guide

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709647(v=ws.10).aspx

  Here is another guide on central store

  http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/12/09/windows-7-windows-server-2008-r2-and-the-group-policy-central-store.aspx

  You need to import the admx file into Group Policy then it would add that Administrative Template to your GPO.

  • Marked As Answer by Lawrence LvMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:16 AM
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• Monday, July 02, 2012 3:39 AM

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  Hi,

  Windows Vista uses a new format to display registry-based policy settings. These registry-based policy settings appear under Administrative Templates in the Group Policy Object Editor. In Windows Vista, these registry-based policy settings are defined by standards-based XML files that have an .admx file name extension. The .admx file format replaces the legacy .adm file format. The .adm file format uses a proprietary markup language.
  
  In Windows Vista, Administrative Template files are divided into .admx files and language-specific .adml files that are available to Group Policy administrators. Windows Vista uses a Central Store to store Administrative Template files. In Windows Vista, the ADM folder is not created in a GPO as in earlier versions of Windows. Therefore, domain controllers do not store or replicate redundant copies of .adm files.

  To take advantage of the benefits of .admx files, you must create a Central Store in the SYSVOL folder on a domain controller. The Central Store is a file location that is checked by the Group Policy tools. The Group Policy tools use any .admx files that are in the Central Store. The files that are in the Central Store are later replicated to all domain controllers in the domain.

  To create a Central Store for .admx and .adml files, create a folder that is named PolicyDefinitions in the following location:

  \\FQDN\SYSVOL\FQDN\policies

  For more information please refer to following MS articles:

  How to create a Central Store for Group Policy Administrative Templates in Window Vista
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929841
  .admx and .adml File Structure
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772507(v=WS.10).aspx
  Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/a/3ba6d659-6e39-4cd7-b3a2-9c96482f5353/Managing%20Group%20Policy%20ADMX%20Files%20Step%20by%20Step%20Guide.doc

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  • Marked As Answer by Lawrence LvMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:16 AM
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