Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Appendix C. Administrative Template Syntax

You manage registry-based policies using the Group Policy Object (GPO) editor. Administrative templates, text files with the .adm extension, define the policies you can manage. Administrative templates and policy templates are the same thing, and you frequently see the short name ADM files. These templates describe the user interface for collecting settings from you and their locations in the registry.

This appendix describes the syntax for creating and customizing administrative templates. It doesn’t describe the process of adding templates to the GPO editor, though. For more information about using the templates you create with the aid of this appendix, including samples of complete templates, see