Central Store and ADMX Update with Windows Infrastructure Administration

Central Store ADMX – Create a Central Store for ADMX in SYSVOL and update it with the latest Windows 11 templates ADMX

Creating a Central Store

Central Store ADMX – The purpose of a central store is to add additional ADMX files for GPO creation, making them accessible to all administrators

  • You need to create the directory in your SYSVOL, for example, C:WindowsSYSVOLsysvolLabo.lanPoliciesPolicyDefinitions where ‘Labo.lan’ is the name of my test domain
  • Then, copy all the contents of the directory c:WindowsPolicyDefinitions available on a domain controller to C:WindowsSYSVOLsysvolLabo.lanPoliciesPolicyDefinitions
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  • After that, add your third-party ADMX files (e.g., Office 2013). In your GPOs, you can see that the ADMX files are in the central store (administrative template).
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Updating ADMX for Windows 11

Central Store ADMX – The ADMX files are available from the Microsoft website

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  • Start the installation
  • and retrieve the files from C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Group PolicyWindows 11 October 2022 Update (22H2)PolicyDefinitions
  • Copy the ADMX files to C:WindowsSYSVOLsysvolLabo.lanPoliciesPolicyDefinitions.
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  • The new GPOs are available from a GPMC console.
Central Store and ADMX Update with Windows Infrastructure Administration screenshot