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 October 2021 Update [21H2] | November 2021 |
| 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 5.8.3) | November 2021 |
| FireFox | FireFox 94 / Firefox ESR 91.3 (Policy Templates Version 3.3) | November 2021 |
| Google Chrome | Google Chrome (96.0.4664.45) | November 2021 |
| Citrix Receiver | Zoom Windows Desktop Client version 204.6.0 | June 2017 |
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.