What is the Group Policy Central Store
The Group Policy Central Store is a central location where administrative templates (.adm, .admx) and language (.adml) files are kept that are used to present the configurable settings in the Group Policy Editor.
Administrative Templates in the Central Store
The following Administrative Templates are currently in the Central Store:
| Product | Description | Last Updated |
| Microsoft Products | ||
| Windows Operating System | Windows 11 September 2022 Update [22H2] | February 2023 |
| Office | Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, Office 2016 | November 2021 |
| Office | Office 2013 | 2014 |
| Office | Office 2010 | 2014 |
| OneDrive | OneDrive Sync Client (Build Number 21.205.1003.0005) | November 2021 |
| EMET | Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.1 (No longer supported) | May 2014 |
| MDOP | MDOP 2015 | 2015 |
| Non-Microsoft Products | ||
| Zoom | Zoom Windows Desktop Client (Version 5.12.0) | October 2022 |
| FireFox | Firefox 103 and Firefox ESR 102.1 (policy templates version 4.1) |
September 2022 |
| Google Chrome | Google Chrome 105.0.5195.102 | September 2022 |
| Citrix Receiver | Zoom Windows Desktop Client version 204.6.0 | June 2017 |
| Ubuntu | Requires the ADSys GPO Client. Some settings require an Ubuntu Pro subscription on the client. For more info refer to https://ubuntu.com/blog/new-active-directory-integration-features-in-ubuntu-22-04-part-2-group-policy-objects |
December 2022 |
Requesting Addition of Administrative Templates
If you would like to request the addition of additional administrative templates to the Central Store, please contact ad-reqeusts@its.utexas.edu.
Using Local Administrative Templates
You may need to use administrative templates stored on a local computer to edit a GPO. This may be the case when you are using special software specific to your department and the administrative templates are not in the Central Store.
If you need to be able to edit a GPO using administrative templates on a local computer you can create / set the following registry setting:
- Name: EnableLocalStoreOverride
- Type: REG_DWORD
- Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Group Policy
- Value: 1
(A value of 1 will force use of the local PolicyDefinitions.)
Be sure to add the admx and adml files to the proper locations:
- ADMX files: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
- ADML Files: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US
When you want to revert to using the Central Store you can delete the setting or modify the value to 0.