1 00:00:06,430 --> 00:00:15,910 All the settings and the administrative templates node over GP all are stored in files all currently 2 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:24,730 supported operating systems store the surgeons and dot a their max files Windows Server 2010 Windows 3 00:00:24,730 --> 00:00:30,510 Server 2003 store the settings in dot HDMI files. 4 00:00:30,580 --> 00:00:37,990 Later in this section you'll learn how to expand the number of Saturns you can configure with administrative 5 00:00:37,990 --> 00:00:42,280 templates by adding additional files containing the settings. 6 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:50,920 Now what is a GM files traditionally dot Ada and files define the sentence that an administrator can 7 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,740 configure through group policy. 8 00:00:53,740 --> 00:01:01,570 Each successive Windows operating system and service pack has included a newer version of these files. 9 00:01:01,620 --> 00:01:06,680 Their daughter IDM files use their own Markup Language. 10 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,470 Therefore it is difficult to customize them. 11 00:01:10,510 --> 00:01:19,210 The daughter and files are in the system rude the ADA and files include both the servants and the plan 12 00:01:19,210 --> 00:01:20,860 language description. 13 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:29,710 Therefore overwrite an idea and file in the system all could potentially change the text that you see 14 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,110 when added in a GPO. 15 00:01:32,110 --> 00:01:40,390 Another potential drawback of IDM files is that depending on client version when you create them they 16 00:01:40,390 --> 00:01:46,960 copy into average below and consume about three megabytes of space. 17 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:56,710 While not enormous this can cause the CIS file folder to become large and can increase replication traffic 18 00:01:57,070 --> 00:01:59,430 with many GPO shows in a domain. 19 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:07,770 This could lead to what is known as useful bloat with system all taken up several gigabytes of space. 20 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:10,780 Now some words about a dmx files. 21 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:19,510 The Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems introduced a new format for displaying registry 22 00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:27,760 based policies sentence Lissette and Sara a standard based Excel file format known as Dirty their max 23 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:28,540 files. 24 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:31,620 These new files replace Ada m files. 25 00:02:31,690 --> 00:02:39,280 However you can still use Ada m files in all Windows operating system since Windows Vista and Windows 26 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:48,220 Server 2008 group policy continues to recognize the custom IDM files that you have in your existing 27 00:02:48,220 --> 00:02:59,140 environment but ignores Ada any Ada and file that dirty their max files have superseded unlike Ada m 28 00:02:59,140 --> 00:03:08,260 files Ada Max files are not stored in individual G behoves the local group policy editor automatically 29 00:03:08,470 --> 00:03:16,930 reads and displays sets from the local Ada Max files store by default Ada Max files are stored in the 30 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:25,960 windows folder and Paul is the definitions folder but they can be stored in a central location which 31 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,760 you will learn about in the next lesson. 32 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,070 The ADA makes files are language neutral. 33 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:39,500 The plain language descriptions of the sentence are not part of the ADA. 34 00:03:39,490 --> 00:03:40,600 Max files. 35 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:46,120 Instead they are stored in language specific Ada and Mal files. 36 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:54,310 This means that administrators can look at the same GPO and see the policy descriptions in their own 37 00:03:54,310 --> 00:04:01,180 language because they can each use their own language specific Ada AML files. 38 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:08,320 The ADA AML files are stored in sub folders of the policy definitions folder. 39 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,710 Each language is stored in its own folder. 40 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:22,420 For example the English US folder stores the English files and the yes dash capital folder stores the 41 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:29,710 Spanish files by default only the ADA AML language files for the language of the installed operating 42 00:04:29,710 --> 00:04:31,790 system are present. 43 00:04:31,930 --> 00:04:36,310 So that was a brief information about a em Ada. 44 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:39,280 Max and Ada AML files. 45 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:48,220 Next up we'll have an overview of the central store and we'll talk about what a central repository for 46 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:54,040 ADA Max files say is and how to provide this central store.