Policy Management Tools
Microsoft provides several different tools administrators can use to create and manage local and domain-based group policies. The OS version the administrator is using to manage policies determines the functionality the tools provide. As an example, when new group policies are created using the Windows Server 2008 or greater Group Policy Management Console, the GPO folder utilizes the new ADMX/ADML templates, whereas the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 tool uploads the original ADM template files into the GPO folder.
This section details the tools provided with Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and later OSs to manage local and group policies.
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