{"id":1343,"date":"2015-01-22T21:37:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T02:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adsecurity.org\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2015-01-29T22:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T03:15:23","slug":"group-policy-settings-reference-for-windows-8-1-and-windows-server-2012-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsecurity.org\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Group Policy Settings reference for Windows & Windows Server can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the key new Windows 8.1 & Windows Server 2012 R2 Group Policy Settings:
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File Name<\/td>\nPolicy Setting Name<\/td>\nScope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AppXRuntime.admx<\/td>\nAllow Microsoft accounts to be optional<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AppXRuntime.admx<\/td>\nAllow Microsoft accounts to be optional<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FileRevocation.admx<\/td>\nAllow Windows Runtime apps to revoke enterprise data<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kerberos.admx<\/td>\nAlways send compound authentication first<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ErrorReporting.admx<\/td>\nAutomatically send memory dumps for OS-generated error reports<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ErrorReporting.admx<\/td>\nAutomatically send memory dumps for OS-generated error reports<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grouppolicy.admx<\/td>\nConfigure Group Policy Caching<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grouppolicy.admx<\/td>\nConfigure Logon Script Delay<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EdgeUI.admx<\/td>\nDisable help tips<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EdgeUI.admx<\/td>\nDisable help tips<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taskbar.admx<\/td>\nDo not allow pinning Store app to the Taskbar<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WindowsUpdate.admx<\/td>\nDo not connect to any Windows Update Internet locations<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EdgeUI.admx<\/td>\nDo not show recent apps when the mouse is pointing to the upper-left corner of the screen<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SettingSync.admx<\/td>\nDo not sync Apps<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SettingSync.admx<\/td>\nDo not sync start settings<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grouppolicy.admx<\/td>\nEnable Group Policy Caching for Servers<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ControlPanelDisplay.admx<\/td>\nForce a specific background and accent color<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ControlPanelDisplay.admx<\/td>\nForce a specific Start background<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WorkFolders-Client.admx<\/td>\nForce automatic setup for all users<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nGo to the desktop instead of Start when signing in<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AuditSettings.admx<\/td>\nInclude command line in process creation events<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nList desktop apps first in the Apps view<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nPin Apps to Start when installed<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nPin Apps to Start when installed<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ControlPanelDisplay.admx<\/td>\nPrevent enabling lock screen camera<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ControlPanelDisplay.admx<\/td>\nPrevent enabling lock screen slide show<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SkyDrive.admx<\/td>\nPrevent OneDrive files from syncing over metered connections<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SkyDrive.admx<\/td>\nPrevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EdgeUI.admx<\/td>\nPrevent 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<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kdc.admx<\/td>\nRequest compound authentication<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CredSsp.admx<\/td>\nRestrict delegation of credentials to remote servers<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SkyDrive.admx<\/td>\nSave documents and pictures to the local PC by default<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SkyDrive.admx<\/td>\nSave documents to OneDrive by default<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nSearch just apps from the Apps view<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EdgeUI.admx<\/td>\nSearch Share Start Devices and Settings don’t appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WPN.admx<\/td>\nSet the time Quiet Hours begins each day<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WPN.admx<\/td>\nSet the time Quiet Hours ends each day<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nShow Start on the display the user is using when they press the Windows logo key<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nShow the Apps view automatically when the user goes to Start<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taskbar.admx<\/td>\nShow Windows Store apps on the taskbar<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WinLogon.admx<\/td>\nSign-in last interactive user automatically after a system-initiated restart<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WorkFolders-Client.admx<\/td>\nSpecify Work Folders settings<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nStart Screen Layout<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
StartMenu.admx<\/td>\nStart Screen Layout<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WinStoreUI.admx<\/td>\nTurn off Automatic Download and Install of updates<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WPN.admx<\/td>\nTurn off calls during Quiet Hours<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WPN.admx<\/td>\nTurn off Quiet Hours<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UserProfiles.admx<\/td>\nTurn off the advertising ID<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EAIME.admx<\/td>\nTurn on cloud candidate<\/td>\nUser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AppXRuntime.admx<\/td>\nTurn on dynamic Content URI Rules for Windows store apps<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TerminalServer.admx<\/td>\nUse advanced RemoteFX graphics for RemoteApp<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NetLogon.admx<\/td>\nUse DNS name resolution when a single-label domain name is used by appending different registered DNS suffixes if the AllowSingleLabelDnsDomain setting is not enabled.<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terminalserver-Server.admx<\/td>\nUse the hardware default graphics adapter for all Remote Desktop Services sessions<\/td>\nMachine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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