List of different Group Policy Templates (Updated)

Active Directory Group Policy Object (GPO) is one of my core topics. I have a lot to do with it in various projects and as a Microsoft trainer. I have collected some templates and links. This link collection should make your search a little easier. Only templates of the vendors or of the projects are listed here. I have consciously avoided third-party policies.

Do you know another template that’s missing? Please write me a comment or a mail with the link. I then maintain this list.

Microsoft

Windows Clients before Windows 10

• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows Vista
• Administrative Templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows 10

• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 (1511)
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 (1607) and Windows Server 2016 – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 Creators Update (1703) – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709) – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803)
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809) – Also applies to Windows Server 2019
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) – V 3.0 from 18/12/2020
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 November 2019 Update (1909)
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 May 2020 Update (2004) – V1.0 10.06.2020

Windows Server

• Administrative Templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008
• Administrative Templates (ADMX) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 (1607) and Windows Server 2016 – Deutsch
• Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (1809) – Also applies to Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Office

• Administrative Vorlagendateien (ADM, ADMX, ADML) für 2007 Office System und Office-Anpassungstool Version 2.0
• Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool download
• Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool
• Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016 (Updated on 22.01.2020 to version 4966.1000) Renamed to the changes in Office365 naming:
  “Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 2019, and Office 2016″ (new Version 5011.1000 from 05/11/2020)

Other Microsoft administrative templates

• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Group Policy Administrative Templates: Group Policy (.admx and .adml) templates for MDOP technologies: App-V, MBAM, and UE-V
• Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) – Can be installed via the installer and transferred to the Central Store.
  You don’t know LAPS yet? Then you should definitely read this: “Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)“
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium Based)
• Microsoft OneDrive – Similar to LAPS, the Group Policy templates are part of the client package. After installation, they are located under “%localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\BuildNumber\adm” and must be transferred to the central store. More about this at Microsoft Docs.

Adobe

For the Acrobat series, Adobe has extensive documentation on group policies and enterprise features. The documentation is available in English. Topics such as UE-V and software distribution are also described. Personally, however, I would advise against distributing Acrobat Reader via GPO, even if Adobe explains it.

I recommend having a look at my article “Unattended installation of software“, where the 2 CMD commands are described, which can result in an Acrobat Reader installation.

Acrobat Reader

• Acrobat Reader DC 2017 Classic Track
• Acrobat Reader DC 2015 Classic track
• Acrobat Reader DC 2015 Continuous track

Abobe Acrobat

• Adobe Acrobat DC 2017 Classic track
• Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 Classic track
• Adobe Acrobat DC 2015 Continuous track

Google

• Chrome Enterprise – The Chrome Enterprise Package download includes ADMX templates with more than 300 user and device policies.
• Google Updater – Can be downloaded from the Chrome Enterprise page, but is also part of the package.
• Chromium Projects -Chromium is the open-source part of chromium. The policies for this also work with Chrome. I would still rather use Chrome Enterprise.

Other Group Policy Templates

• Mozilla Firefox –FireFox now also has group policies without the need for an additional extension

Further links and comments

Before comments come because of this, yes some of these operating systems are already outside their support lifecycle, but nevertheless they are still partially used in certain environments. For this reason, I also mentioned some “legacy issues”. If you want to get an overview of product lifecycles and Microsoft, I recommend my article “Product lifecycles – The forgotten being”.

Here are further links to the topic Group Policies. These links are in german.

• Grundlagen zu GPOs auf MSXFAQ einfach erklärt von Frank Carius.
• Neue GPO-Einstellungen für Windows 10 1809 und Server 2019, ADMX-Download von Wolfgang Sommergut

updates

10.07.2019: Reference to updated Office 365 ADMX template

14.02.2020: Reference to updated Office 365 ADMX template, Add Windows 10 1903 & 1909

12.03.2020: Reference to Edge Chromium

12.05.2020: Reference to new versions for Windows 10 1903 anf Office 365, remaks to the renaming of Office 365

30.06.2020: Add Windows 10 2004 and OneDrive