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Windows 10 or Windows 11 GPO ADMX - Which One To Use For Your Central Store?

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Jan 17, 2022
  Hi community,   My name is Helmut Wagensonner. I’m a Customer Engineer at Microsoft and this blog should help you to understand, which Administrative Templates (admx) to choose for your Windo...
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Jun 14, 2023

I am in transition mode here at work too all previous machines on Win 10 22H2 but new models coming in  with Win 11.  Figured I would need to do something about the DC and GPO so I downloaded and was just about to load the Win 11 ADMX when I got that horrible chill down my spine: have you checked if MS has made this backward compatible? :sad:

 

I thought I was being overly cautious. After all Win 10 22H2 is still alive and well and in support so surely these must be backward compatible, I mean only a sadistic, heartless and totally arrogant company would do anything else to their customers but make it so.

 

Good job I went with my initial reaction, caused by long years in IT with Microsoft and their love affair with updates and the law of unintended consequences. A quick search and Spiceworks says NO not backwardly compatible and referred me to this Microsoft post. :facepalm:

 

Am I surprised? Sadly no. :cry: