Installing group policy for office 2007

[lowbot]

We currently are not running any group policy for office and lately not having this kind of control has been causing problems. We're rolling out 2007 soon and Ive created an installer with the OCT and slipstreamed sp1.

I'd love to implement group policy for office 2007 before we roll this out. Right now everyone is on the domain and we have a few different policy groups. Ive download the admintemplates update and have the adm files, but I'm at a loss as to how to add them to the server. Can someone point me towards documentation or give me some hints on how to install these adm files onto the domain controller so we can begin using gp for office? Is there an installer somewhere other than the .exe that extracts the adm files and /admin folder? Thanks.

 

[58sniper]

Google to the rescue

How administrators can use Office policy templates together with the Group Policy settings of Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924617

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[Roadki11]

Read up on this:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...1b1a-47a1-a863-1f29ef116d0e1033.mspx?mfr=true

To load Administrative Template files and set Office policy settings

1. In Group Policy Object Editor, right-click Administrative Templates in the Computer Configuration or User Configuration node and select Add/Remove Templates. A list of the .adm files that are already added to the GPO is displayed.

2. To add another adm file, click Add.

A list of the .adm files in the %SystemRoot%\Inf folder of the local computer is displayed. You can also select an .adm file from another location.

3. In the Policy Templates dialog box, browse to the 2007 Office release templates that you want to add. Click Open and click Close in the Add/Remove Templates dialog box.

4. Double-click Computer Configuration or User Configuration and expand the tree under Administrative Templates to find the Office policy settings.

5. In the details pane (in the right pane), double-click the folders and double-click a policy setting to open the Properties dialog box. Configure the Office policy settings you want to use and click OK.

Now im not sure if the exe you downloaded puts the adm's in %SystemRoot%\Inf folder or if it just extracts them and you need to copy them to the folder.



RoadKi11

"This apparent fear reaction is typical, rather than try to solve technical problems technically, policy solutions are often chosen." - Fred Cohen

 

[lowbot]

Thanks for the quick reply, but I must be missing something fairly basic here. Ive seen that page and it gives me information on how to do this to the local group policy, but perhaps I wasnt clear; what I want to do is use this with our domain policies. I dont understand how the adm files can be installed onto our domain controller's group policy management mmc which controls our domain policies. Are the treated like snap-ins? Unfortunately I do not have access to this server right now to check. Thanks again.

 

[Roadki11]

Do what the docs say on the DC.



RoadKi11

"This apparent fear reaction is typical, rather than try to solve technical problems technically, policy solutions are often chosen." - Fred Cohen