Microsoft has stated from the very beginning that Windows Vista and Longhorn Server are going to be designed to be the most secure versions of Windows ever to be released. One way that Microsoft is delivering on this promise is by greatly extending the capabilities of group policies. I have not heard an official count of how many new group policy object settings are available in Longhorn and Vista, but I can tell you from my own experience that the number has got to be huge.
If you have done much work with Group Policies in Windows Server 2003, then you know that group policies are stored in the .ADM file format. In Windows Vista and Longhorn Server, this file format has been replaced by .ADMX file format. The .ADMX file format it is based on XML, whereas .ADM files used their own proprietary file format.
This article explains how Microsoft has replaced the ADM file format with the ADMX file format in Longhorn Server and Windows Vista. (continue at source)
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