Group Policy preference extension is a new feature for Group Policy. For computers running on Windows Vista and later operating systems, Group Policy preferences enable administrators to configure, deploy, and manage greater numbers of operating system and application settings. For more information about managing Windows with Group Policy preferences, see About Group Policy Preferences. For information about extending Group Policy preferences for custom applications, see Extending the Applications Snap-in.

For computers running on Windows Vista and later operating systems, The IGroupPolicyObject2 interface was added to support editing of starter Group Policy objects (GPOs). Starter GPOs, introduced in Group Policy for Windows Server 2008, are collections of configured Administrative template (ADMX) policy settings that you can use to create a live GPO.

The syntax for the ADMX files is defined in the ADMX schema.

For more information about the ADMX schema definitions, see ADMX Schema.

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