Administrative Templates give you more control over your computer, or an entire domain of computers if you are a sysadmin connected to an Active Directory. This allows you to gain more control over each device as you apply more policies, making them more secure and less vulnerable to exploits. The Windows 11 22H2 ADMX are backward compatible, so they can also be installed on the following operating systems:
Windows 11 21H2Windows 10 (all versions)Windows 8 & 8.1Windows 7Windows Server (all versions)
Installing these administrative templates will include more Group Policies for you to configure. Continue below to download it.
Download and Install Administrative Templates for Windows 11 v22H2
There is no need to uninstall any previous version(s) of ADMX files already installed. Simply downloading and installing the new ADMX file will work.
Download and Install Administrative Templates for Windows 11 v22H2 New in Windows 11 22H2 Administrative Templates How to Uninstall Administrative Templates (ADMX) Closing Thoughts
Follow the guide below to download and install Administrative templates for Windows 11 22H2: You have now successfully installed the ADMX Templates. Head over to Microsoft’s download center to get more information about the Windows 11 22H2 Administrative Templates or install it in another language. You may also download Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit that gives security administrators the ability to apply Group Policy Objects via a Domain Controller throughout an enterprise network.
New in Windows 11 22H2 Administrative Templates
A plethora of computer and user configuration options have been added to the Group Policy settings with these templates. The table below lists the new policies which will be added upon installing Windows 11 22H2 admx: To read more about all of the group policies and their paths, you can download the references spreadsheet here: Download Windows 11 22H2 ADMX reference spreadsheet [754 KB]
How to Uninstall Administrative Templates (ADMX)
If you are not comfortable with these templates or are causing issues with your work or computer, you can simply uninstall them using these steps: The ADMX and all installed Group Policies will now be removed from your computer.
Closing Thoughts
As mentioned earlier, each operating system version from Microsoft comes with its own set of Administrative Templates that are fabricated according to the features and needs of that particular version. Therefore, we recommend that you install the ADMX specifically designed for the OS version. Moreover, these templates only make your system more secure if configured correctly. Only installing them won’t make much of a difference. This is why we suggest that you take a hard look at the table provided above and understand what each of these new policies is for, and configure them accordingly.
