{"id":10845,"date":"2026-03-17T11:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/?page_id=10845"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:32:07","slug":"manage-alfaview-policies-via-windows-group-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/miscellaneous\/for-it-administrators\/manage-alfaview-policies-via-windows-group-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage alfaview policies via Windows Group Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

alfaview Group Policy Templates (ADMX\/ADML)<\/i><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These files allow IT administrators to manage alfaview policies via Windows Group Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Files<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
File<\/th>Purpose<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
alfaview.admx<\/code><\/td>Policy definitions (language-neutral)<\/td><\/tr>
en-US\/alfaview.adml<\/code><\/td>English display strings<\/td><\/tr>
de-DE\/alfaview.adml<\/code><\/td>German display strings<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Installation<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Copy the files to the Windows PolicyDefinitions directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

copy alfaview.admx        C:\\Windows\\PolicyDefinitions\\\ncopy en-US\\alfaview.adml  C:\\Windows\\PolicyDefinitions\\en-US\\\ncopy de-DE\\alfaview.adml  C:\\Windows\\PolicyDefinitions\\de-DE\\<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This requires administrator privileges. After copying, the policies appear in the Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc<\/code>) under:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > alfaview<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Active Directory \/ Central Store<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
For domain-wide deployment, copy the files to your AD central store instead:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\\\\<domain>\\SYSVOL\\<domain>\\Policies\\PolicyDefinitions\\alfaview.admx\n\\\\<domain>\\SYSVOL\\<domain>\\Policies\\PolicyDefinitions\\en-US\\alfaview.adml\n\\\\<domain>\\SYSVOL\\<domain>\\Policies\\PolicyDefinitions\\de-DE\\alfaview.adml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Intune<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Upload alfaview.admx<\/code> and the ADML files via:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Devices > Configuration > Import ADMX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then create a configuration profile using the imported templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Available Policies<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Policy<\/th>Registry Value<\/th>Effect<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Disable File Share<\/td>file_share.disable.policy<\/code><\/td>Hides all file sharing UI in alfaview<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
All policies are written to HKLM\\Software\\Policies\\alfaview<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manual Registry Deployment<\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If Group Policy is not available, policies can be set directly in the registry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reg add \"HKLM\\Software\\Policies\\alfaview\" \/v file_share.disable.policy \/t REG_DWORD \/d 1 \/f<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To remove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reg delete \"HKLM\\Software\\Policies\\alfaview\" \/v file_share.disable.policy \/f<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
alfaview Group Policy Templates (ADMX\/ADML) These files allow IT administrators to manage alfaview policies via Windows Group Policy. Files File Purpose alfaview.admx Policy definitions (language-neutral) en-US\/alfaview.adml English display strings de-DE\/alfaview.adml German display strings Installation Copy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4549,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10847,"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10845\/revisions\/10847"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}