How to: Managing Windows 10 with Administrative templates

There are a total of 190 different templates for Windows 10, the download bellow, contain 10 an additional ADMX files that are not shipped in the box with ... SubscribeNow Signup Leavethisfieldemptyifyou'rehuman: *YouwillreceivethelatestnewsandupdatesontheCanadianITmarketplace. TrendingNews VerticalworkloadspecializationcriticaltoDellEMCstrategy  3minread   VersaPayAnnouncesInterimChiefFinancialOfficer  1minread   SAMSUNGGALAXYS8PLUS  1minread   TextNowrecruitsformerBlackBerryexecutive  1minread   MovetosecureIoTdevices  6minread   Ridingthedigitalwave:Ensuringtransformationreadiness  5minread   NewFujitsuScanSnapiX1500Displays‘Smarts’toSmallBusinesses  5minread   BlogPost Home>HOWTO>Howto:ManagingWindows10withAdministrativetemplates HOWTO Howto:ManagingWindows10withAdministrativetemplates  PierreRoman 3524   LastweekAnthonyBartolo,wroteabout Windows10Tips:HowtoDelayorDeferWindowsUpdates. Itwasverywellreceived.Thousandsofviewsinaveryshorttime. Soobviouslyasubjectthatisofinteresttoyouall. Let’stakethisfurther. Let’slookathowweasITcontroltheconfigurationandsettingsofthewindows10machinesonournetworks. Since,we’reonthesubject.Herea30minutesvideothatdealswithmanagement,withGroupPolicy,SystemCenterandrelatedcomponents,andmobiledevicemanagement,whichweaddedinWindows8.1andenhancedinWindows10. WehavereleasedtheWindows10AdministrativetemplatesbackinAugustsoifyouhavedeployedWindows10inyourenvironment,orifyou’rethinkingaboutitpleasereadon. Thereareatotalof190differenttemplatesforWindows10,thedownloadbellow,contain10anadditionalADMXfilesthatarenotshippedintheboxwithWindows10. Fileserverssagent.admx grouppolicypreferences.admx gamedvr.admx terminalserver-server.admx userdatabackup.admx deliveryoptimization.admx grouppolicy-server.admx mmcsnapins1.admx textinput.admx windowsserver.admx Whatdoesthatmeanforyou? ReferenceGuidesforADMXTemplates Itdoesnotmeanmuchifyoudon’tknowwhatthosefilescontrol,andhowitappliesthatcontrol. Thereforeit’sreallyimportanttoinformyourselfandreallyunderstandthepowerthattheseADMXtemplateshave.thereare2freeresourcesthatallowyoutoexplorethetemplates TheGroupPolicySettingsreferenceguide GroupPolicysearchtool TheGroupPolicySettingsreferenceguideisanExcelspreadsheetthatlistalltheinformationyouwantaboutsettingsavailableinWindows10. youcandownloadit here.  The GroupPolicysearchtool thatisanupdatedcloudbasedappthatallowsyoutoView/Filter/CopyalltheGPOsettings. YoucanfilteronWindows10settingsifyouonlywanttoseethose. DownloadthenewADMXTemplates Nowthatyouknowwhatitcandoandwhatsettingyouplanoncontrolling(youhaveaplan…. Right??) youneedtodownloadisthenewADMXtemplatesfromtheMicrosoftDownloadsite. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48257 Oncedownloadedyounowneedtodeploythem. Deploymentofthetemplates Firstthingtoremember,isthatWindowsusesaCentralStoretostoreAdministrativeTemplatesfiles.TheADMfolderisnotcreatedinaGroupPolicyObject(GPO)asitisinearlierversionsofWindows.Therefore,Windowsdomaincontrollersdonotstoreorreplicateredundantcopiesof.admfiles. Todeploythe.admxfiles,youneedtocreateaCentralStoreintheSYSVOLfolderonaWindowsdomaincontroller.TheCentralStoreisafilelocationthatischeckedbytheGroupPolicytools.TheGroupPolicytoolsuseany.admxfilesthatareintheCentralStore.ThefilesthatareintheCentralStorearelaterreplicatedtoalldomaincontrollersinthedomain. 1-TocreateaCentralStorecreateafolderthatisnamedPolicyDefinitionsinthefollowinglocation()onthedomaincontroller.  inmydemodomain. 2-FromaWindows10machine.copythecontentofC:\Windows\PolicyDefinitionstowecreatedearlier. 3-FromthatsameWindows10Machine.ExpandthetemplatesbyexecutingtheWindows10-ADMX.msithatwedownloadedearlier.Afterstartingtheapp,andagreeingtothelicenseagreementyouwillhavetoprovideafoldertostoretheexpandedtemplates, Iselected“c:\ADMX” 4-Completetheinstall.andcopythefilesfrom“C:\ADMX\EN-US”to  .Ensureyoupicktherightlanguage. InourcasebecauseiwanttheEnglishUSiwillnavigatetoC:\ADMX\PolicyDefinitions\en-USandcopythatcontentto  OncethisiscompleteyoucannowcreateaGPOtomanagetheWindows10inyourenvironment. Ihopethiswasuseful. Letmeknowifthereareanyotherscenariosyouwantustoexplore. 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