Administrative templates install pre-configured options in the Group Policy Editor, making it easier to manage group policies. Any changes made to the Group Policy can always be managed through the Windows Registry Editor. However, it is not always safe to meddle around with the registries. Any configurations made in the Group Policy Editor can always be reverted without having severe effects on the OS.
What’s new in Administrative Templates for Windows 10 October 2020 Update
The following Group Policy settings have been added in these ADMX templates.
Allow Update Compliance ProcessingPath: Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components\Data Collection and Preview BuildsAllow Desktop Analytics ProcessingPath: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds.Allow WUfB Cloud ProcessingPath: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollectionConfigure the inclusion of Edge tabs into Alt-TabPath: Settings -> System -> MultitaskingTurn off cloud-optimized contentPath: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Cloud Content -> Turn off cloud-optimized contentMicrosoft Defender Antivirus: Block at First Sight (BAFS)Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Defender Antivirus\Microsoft Defender Antivirus: 2 new Attack surface reduction rulesUse advanced protection against ransomwareBlock persistence through WMI event subscriptionPath: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Defender Antivirus\Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard\Attack Surface Reduction\Configure Attack Surface Reduction rulesUEFI Memory Attributes Table (MAT)Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Device Guard\Turn on Virtualization Based Security\Require UEFI Memory Attributes Table
Installing Windows 10 Version 20H2 administrative templates will add these policies to Windows 10 Group Policy. You can download the complete Group Policy reference from here, or read about the new features here.
Download and install Administrative Templates for Windows 10 v20H2
There is no need to uninstall any previous versions of admx files already installed. Simply downloading and installing the new admx file will work. Follow the guide below to download and install the Administrative templates for 20H2: You have now successfully installed the Administrative templates for Windows 10 20H2. You can also change the language when downloading the MSI file. The following languages are available:
cs-CZ Czech – Czech Republicda-DK Danish – Denmarkde-DE German – Germanyel-GR Greek – Greeceen-US English – United Stateses-ES Spanish – Spainfi-FL Finnish – Finlandfr-FR French – Francehu-HU Hungarian – Hungaryit-IT Italian – Italyja-JP Japanese – Japanko-KR Korean – Koreanb-NO Norwegian (Bokmål) – Norwaynl-NL Dutch – The Netherlandspl-PL Polish – Polandpt-BR Portuguese – Brazilpt-PT Portuguese – Portugalru-RU Russian – Russiasv-SE Swedish – Swedentr-TR Turkish – Turkeyzh-CN Chinese – Chinazh-TW Chinese – Taiwan
Head over to Microsoft’s download center to get more information about the 20H2 Administrative Templates.
Closing words
Pre-configured Group Policies can help manage them on your computer. The more options a user has to control, the more features they can manage. However, this also adds to the complexity of the configurations. If you are running the Home edition of Windows 10, you can also use this guide to enable the Group Policy Editor on your OS. Also see:
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