| What's New in Group Policy in Windows Vista And Windows Server "Longhorn" |
| Thursday, 06 April 2006 by Michel Roth | |||
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"Administrative Template files contain markup language used to describe registry-based policy settings and are the major type of policy setting that you can manage using Group Policy. First released in Windows NT4, Administrative Template files used a unique file format known as ADM files. In Windows Vista, these files are replaced by an XML-based file format known as ADMX files. These new Administrative Template files make it easier to manage registry-based policy settings in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn". In Windows Vista, ADMX files are divided into language-neutral and language-specific resources, available to all Group Policy administrators. These factors allow Group Policy tools to adjust their UI according to the administrator's configured language. Adding a new language to a set of policy definitions is achieved by ensuring that the language-specific resource file is available. For example, a Group Policy administrator creates a Group Policy Object (GPO) from a Windows Vista administrative workstation configured for English. He saves the GPO and links it to the domain deployed across geographic boundaries. A colleague in Paris browses the same domain using GPMC and selects the GPO created in English. She can view and edit the policy settings in French. The original Group Policy administrator, who created this GPO, will still see all the settings, including the changes from the French administrator, in their native language of English." Read all of what's new in Group Policy in Windows Vista and Windows Server Longhorn here.
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