Chapter 10. ADM Templates, ADMX Files, and the ADMX Central Store

One of the most powerful aspects of Group Policy is its utilization of .adm templates, ADMX files, and the new ADMX central store. Group Policy leverages these files and technologies to provide access to registry settings. Thousands of settings are exposed in a GPO through the use of administrative templates.

ADM templates are the legacy files that were used to create the Administrative Templates portion within the Group Policy Management Editor (GPME) ...

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