In Windows 7, Group Policy has been improved in the following ways:
New Windows PowerShell cmdlets. This feature applies to Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate. Prior to Windows 7, Group Policy management and automation was accomplished through the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) or with scripts written against the GPMC COM interfaces. Windows 7 introduces a set of 25 new cmdlets, which allow IT administrators to manage and automate Group Policy through Windows PowerShell. With these cmdlets, an IT administrator can backup, restore, report on, and configure (through registry settings) Group Policy objects. This functionality is added when the GPMC is installed.
ADMX support for Reg_QWORD & Reg_MultiSZ. Prior to Windows 7, a registry key that was of type QWORD or MultiSZ could not be configured through Group Policy Administrative Templates (ADMX). The ADMX schema has been updated to support the QWORD and MultiSZ registry types.
Improvements to the ADMX editor. This feature applies to Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate. Prior to Windows 7, the ADMX editor was displayed as a non-resizable, tabbed dialog box. UI text was often clipped, and Help content was difficult to find. The new ADMX editor is displayed in a resizable window that prevents text clipping. Information about settings, including Help and comments, is easier to find.
Improvements to Group Policy Preferences. This feature applies to Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate. New features have been added to Group Policy Preferences to allow configuring Internet Explorer 8. There is also new functionality available in Scheduled Tasks and Power Plans for Windows 7. IT pros can use Group Policy Preferences to centrally configure the Internet Explorer 8, Scheduled Tasks, and Power Plans settings. This functionality is added when GPMC is installed. Additionally, the Group Policy Preference Client-Side Extensions are included in Windows 7, so IT administrators do not need to deploy the extensions through Windows Update or the Download Center.
For more information, see What's New in Group Policy in Windows 7.
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