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This page provides the complete set of Administrative Template (.admx) files for Windows 10 (1607) and Windows Server 2016
Important! Selecting a language below will dynamically change the complete page content to that language.
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File Name:
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 ADMX.msi
Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user interface. This allows administrators to manage registry-based policy settings.
This download
includes the Administrative templates released for Windows 10 (1607) and Windows Server 2016, in the
following languages:- cs-CZ Czech — Czech Republic
- da-DK Danish — Denmark
- de-DE German — Germany
- el-GR Greek — Greece
- en-US English — United States
- es-ES Spanish — Spain
- fi-FI Finnish — Finland
- fr-FR French — France
- hu-HU Hungarian — Hungary
- it-IT Italian — Italy
- ja-JP Japanese — Japan
- ko-KR Korean — Korea
- nb-NO Norwegian (Bokmål) — Norway
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Supported Operating Systems
Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
- User rights to run the Group Policy Management Editor (gpme.msc) or the Group Policy Object Editor (gpedit.msc).
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To download the .msi file that contains the .admx files:
- Click the download button
- In the File Download dialog box, click Save.
- In the Save As dialog box, browse to the directory on your computer to which you want to save the .msi file.
- To start downloading the .msi file, click Save.
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Introduction
Windows 10 version 1607 was released this week and Microsoft have released the administrative templates required to manage it (the .admx files).
Download the admx templates
To get the ADMX templates for Windows 10 version 1607, go to this link.
Now that you’ve downloaded them, you’ll want to import them into your infrastructure, to do that, follow the advice in this post.
until next time,
cheers
niall
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5. Add an administrative template in ADMX format
To add an administrative template in ADMX format, download it from the publisher’s site and follow the procedure provided by the publisher.
In our case, we are going to add the ADMX administrative template for Microsoft Office 2013 in 64-bit.
In the case of this administrative template provided by Microsoft, you must agree to the license terms.
Then, select a folder where the different files will be extracted (including ADMX and ADML files, but not only).
In our case, we extracted the files into a new folder which we named «admx office 2013».
Wait while the files are extracted.
Click OK.
As you can see, among the extracted folders and files, you will find a «admx» folder.
In this «admx» folder, we find the normal tree structure of administrative templates in «.admx» format.
As you can see, there are for example administrative templates for :
- Microsoft Access 2013 : access15.admx
- Microsoft Excel 2013 : excel15.admx
- Microsoft Outlook 2013 : outlk15.admx
- and more
In the «xx-xx» folders, you will find translations of the various policies settings available in many languages.
In your case, it’s the «en-us» folder that interest you.
You therefore copy all the «.admx» files and the «en-us» folder which corresponds to your language.
And you paste them in your «PolicyDefinitions» folder.
Warning : if you have created the central store as explained previously, you must obviously use the «PolicyDefinitions» folder located in : \\[DC name]\[AD domain name]\Policies
Translations have also been added.
If you open the Group Policy Management Editor again (by editing a random GPO), you will see that new administrative templates for Microsoft Office 2013 have appeared in the «Computer Configuration» section.
Among the group policies available for Microsoft Office 2013, you can for example manage volume activation (VL) and manage the installation of updates.
If you open a policy setting, you will see that everything will be written in your language (if this is supported by the installed administrative template).
Which may not be the case for those in ADM format which were not necessarily available in your language.
Note that when you add new administrative templates, these administrative templates may also appear in the User Configuration if policy settings are available for the user.
6. Add an administrative template in ADM format
If you need to use old administrative templates that are in ADM format, here’s how.
As before, you download them from the publisher’s site and follow the necessary steps to obtain the desired «.adm» files.
For this example, we downloaded an old administrative template in ADM format for Microsoft App-V 4.5/4.6.
The installation is simple, click Next at each step.
And we end up with the «.adm» files we need.
In this case, we have 2 files :
- AppVirt.adm : this administrative template is used to configure 32-bit clients
- AppVirt64.adm : this administrative template is used to configure 64-bit clients
To import these old administrative templates in «.adm» format, you must right-click on «Administrative Templates …» and click on : Add/Remove Templates.
In the «Add/Remove Templates» window that appears, click the «Add» button.
Select the desired «.adm» file.
Note that it’s not possible to import «.admx» files here. It’s for this reason that we had copied them directly via the file explorer.
The desired administration template in «.adm» format appears in the list.
Once at least one administrative template in «.adm» format has been added, a «Classic Administrative Templates (ADM)» subfolder will appear in the «Administrative Templates: Policy definitions (ADMX files)».
In this sub-folder, you will find your administrative template(s) imported from the «ADM» format.
However, as explained above, the main drawback of this old format is that it was very often available in one language.
So, you end up with a console in your language and policy settings in another language for these old administrative models.
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 |
This page provides the complete set of Administrative Template (.admx) files for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5
- Group Policy tools use Administrative template files to populate policy settings in the user interface. This allows administrators to manage registry-based policy settings.
This download includes the Administrative templates released for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5, in the following languages:- cs-CZ Czech — Czech Republic
- de-DE German — Germany
- en-US English — United States
- es-ES Spanish — Spain
- fr-FR French — France
- hu-HU Hungarian — Hungary
- it-IT Italian — Italy
- ja-JP Japanese — Japan
- ko-KR Korean — Korea
- pl-PL Polish — Poland
- pt-BR Portuguese — Brazil
- pt-PT Portuguese — Portugal
- ru-RU Russian — Russia
- sv-SE Swedish — Sweden
- zh-CN Chinese — China
- zh-TW Chinese — Taiwan
Files
Status: LiveThis download is still available on microsoft.com. Since you’re using a legacy operating system, the downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020. |
| File | Size |
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| WindowsServer2016_TP5_ADMX.msi
SHA1: |
8.72 MB |
System Requirements
Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
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- User rights to run the Group Policy Management Editor (gpme.msc) or the Group Policy Object Editor (gpedit.msc).
Installation Instructions
- To download the .msi file that contains the .admx files:
- Click the download button
- In the File Download dialog box, click Save.
- In the Save As dialog box, browse to the directory on your computer to which you want to save the .msi file.
- To start downloading the .msi file, click Save.
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Related Resources
- Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server
- Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide
- How to create and manage the Central Store for Group Policy Administrative Templates in Windows
- Microsoft.Policies.Sensors.WindowsLocationProvider is already defined error when you edit a policy in Windows
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Instructions on installing ADMX Templates:
1. Download and unzip the template’s CAB or ZIP file. Sometimes the ZIP contains a CAB file inside.
2. Copy *.admx files -> C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
3. Copy admx\locale\*.adml files -> C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\locale
ie: copy admx\en-us\*.adml -> C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-us
If you don’t want the other language translations, don’t transfer them.
4. There is no version control for ADMX. Policy Editor uses the last copied file to display the template help.
5. You can install ADMX templates for a different version of Windows or Office than what you have installed. This allows you to create a local policy file that you intend to copy to another Windows or Office build. If you configure policy settings that isn’t recognized by the local host, it will be silently ignored.
6. Export policy files to a new image using LGPO tool. Copying the Windows\System32\GroupPolicy folder doesn’t alway work because there is an unique GUID and Version saved in gpt.ini
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Added Policy Template for Mozilla Firefox.