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 2024 Update (24H2) | October 2024 |
| Edge | Microsoft Edge Version 130.0.2849.46 | October 2024 |
| Office | Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Office LTSC 2024, Office LTSC 2021, Office 2019, and Office 2016 | October 2024 |
| Office | Office 2013 | 2014 |
| Office | Office 2010 | 2014 |
| OneDrive | OneDrive Sync Client (Build Number 24.186.0915.0004 ) | October 2024 |
| 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 6.2.0 | October 2024 |
| FireFox | Policy Templates v6.3 (Firefox 131 and Firefox ESR 128.3) | October 2024 |
| Google Chrome | MAJOR=130, MINOR=0, BUILD=6723, PATCH=59 | October 2024 |
| Citrix Receiver | 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.