Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

These spreadsheets list the policy settings for computer and user configurations that are included in the Administrative template files delivered with the Windows operating systems specified. You can configure these policy settings when you edit Group Policy Objects.

The Group Policy Settings reference for Windows & Windows Server can be downloaded here.

Here are the key new Windows 8.1 & Windows Server 2012 R2 Group Policy Settings:

File Name	Policy Setting Name	Scope
AppXRuntime.admx	Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional	Machine
AppXRuntime.admx	Allow Microsoft accounts to be optional	User
FileRevocation.admx	Allow Windows Runtime apps to revoke enterprise data	User
kerberos.admx	Always send compound authentication first	Machine
ErrorReporting.admx	Automatically send memory dumps for OS-generated error reports	User
ErrorReporting.admx	Automatically send memory dumps for OS-generated error reports	Machine
grouppolicy.admx	Configure Group Policy Caching	Machine
grouppolicy.admx	Configure Logon Script Delay	Machine
EdgeUI.admx	Disable help tips	Machine
EdgeUI.admx	Disable help tips	User
Taskbar.admx	Do not allow pinning Store app to the Taskbar	User
WindowsUpdate.admx	Do not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations	Machine
EdgeUI.admx	Do not show recent apps when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen	User
SettingSync.admx	Do not sync Apps	Machine
SettingSync.admx	Do not sync start settings	Machine
grouppolicy.admx	Enable Group Policy Caching for Servers	Machine
ControlPanelDisplay.admx	Force a specific background and accent color	Machine
ControlPanelDisplay.admx	Force a specific Start background	Machine
WorkFolders-Client.admx	Force automatic setup for all users	Machine
StartMenu.admx	Go to the desktop instead of Start when signing in	User
AuditSettings.admx	Include command line in process creation events	Machine
StartMenu.admx	List desktop apps first in the Apps view	User
StartMenu.admx	Pin Apps to Start when installed	Machine
StartMenu.admx	Pin Apps to Start when installed	User
ControlPanelDisplay.admx	Prevent enabling lock screen camera	Machine
ControlPanelDisplay.admx	Prevent enabling lock screen slide show	Machine
SkyDrive.admx	Prevent OneDrive files from syncing over metered connections	Machine
SkyDrive.admx	Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage	Machine
EdgeUI.admx	Prevent users from replacing the Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu they see when they right-click the lower-left corner or press the Windows logo key+X	User
kdc.admx	Request compound authentication	Machine
CredSsp.admx	Restrict delegation of credentials to remote servers	Machine
SkyDrive.admx	Save documents and pictures to the local PC by default	Machine
SkyDrive.admx	Save documents to OneDrive by default	Machine
StartMenu.admx	Search just apps from the Apps view	User
EdgeUI.admx	Search Share Start Devices and Settings don’t appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen	User
WPN.admx	Set the time Quiet Hours begins each day	User
WPN.admx	Set the time Quiet Hours ends each day	User
StartMenu.admx	Show Start on the display the user is using when they press the Windows logo key	User
StartMenu.admx	Show the Apps view automatically when the user goes to Start	User
Taskbar.admx	Show Windows Store apps on the taskbar	User
WinLogon.admx	Sign-in last interactive user automatically after a system-initiated restart	Machine
WorkFolders-Client.admx	Specify Work Folders settings	User
StartMenu.admx	Start Screen Layout	Machine
StartMenu.admx	Start Screen Layout	User
WinStoreUI.admx	Turn off Automatic Download and Install of updates	Machine
WPN.admx	Turn off calls during Quiet Hours	User
WPN.admx	Turn off Quiet Hours	User
UserProfiles.admx	Turn off the advertising ID	Machine
EAIME.admx	Turn on cloud candidate	User
AppXRuntime.admx	Turn on dynamic Content URI Rules for Windows store apps	Machine
TerminalServer.admx	Use advanced RemoteFX graphics for RemoteApp	Machine
NetLogon.admx	Use DNS name resolution when a single-label domain name is used by appending different registered DNS suffixes if the AllowSingleLabelDnsDomain setting is not enabled.	Machine
Terminalserver-Server.admx	Use the hardware default graphics adapter for all Remote Desktop Services sessions	Machine