Manage policies with a group policy

Use a group policy administrative template to manage preferences and policies across an enterprise.

To set policies and preferences for a group of users, use the Group Policy Administrative Template. This console provides a single user interface through which to manage Group Policy across an enterprise. To use the template, load it into the Group Policy Management Console snap-in.

1. To start the Group Policy Management Console, open a command line window and enter gpedit.msc .

2. Select Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates.

3. Right-click on the Administrative Templates node and select Add/Remove Templates.

4. Select Add.

5. Navigate to the install directory for the plug-ins. For example, C:\(x86)\IBM\Connections Desktop Plugins.

6. Select the appropriate template for the Windows version (For example, Connections.adm or Connections64.adm).

Results

There will be two newly created nodes with the following new entries:

• Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Windows

  • Temporary File Cleanup - Enable/Disable Cleanup

  • Temporary File Cleanup - Policy

  • Temporary File Cleanup - Minimum File Access Time

  • Temporary File Cleanup - Cleanup Frequency

  • Hide Shell Extension

  • Hide Shell Extension - Policy

  • Hide Desktop Icon - Policy

  • Hide Desktop Icon - New Start Panel

  • Hide Desktop Icon - Classic Start Menu

  • SendLink MailApp

  • SendLink MailApp - Policy

  • Unpublished Prompt

  • Unpublished Prompt - Policy

  • Show Information Bubbles

  • Show Information Bubbles - Policy

  • Monitor Warn On Close

  • Monitor Warn On Close - Policy

  • Scan Ignore Extensions

  • Scan Ignore Extensions - Policy

  • Password Save - Policy

  • Default Authentication Type

  • Default Authentication Type - Policy

  • Default Authentication Extension

  • Basic Authentication Encoding Type

  • Cache Directory Root

  • Help URL

  • Connect to Site Help URL

  • Connect to Site Server URL

  • Connect to Site Server Name

  • OSC - Maximum Number of Friends

  • OSC - Maximum Number of News Items

  • OSC - Period of Time for News Feed

  • OSC - Hash Search Parameter

  • OSC - Hashed Email Function

  • OSC - Enable Dynamic Activities

  • OSC - Enable Dynamic Contacts

  • OSC - Enable Contacts

  • Disable Activities Support

  • Disable Blogs Support

  • Disable Wikis Support

  • Disable Bookmarks Support

  • Disable Community Bookmarks Support

  • Disable Profiles Support

  • Disable Search Support

  • Encrypt Files

  • Encrypt Files -Policy

  • Share Intent

  • Share Intent - Policy

  • Share Propagation

  • Share Propagation - Policy

  • Disable Groups Support

  • Disable Public Sharing Support

  • AddDocument

  • AddDocument Policy

  • DoubleClick

  • DoubleClick Policy

• User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Windows

  • Hide Desktop Icon - New Start Panel

  • Hide Desktop Icon - Classic Start Menu

Parent topic:
IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Windows