Changes to GPOs in Windows 10
Besides the major changes to MDM management, there are also changes to the GPO processing of Windows 10, which will be covered now. These changes begin with GPOs only applicable to certain SKUs, known issues when upgrading your central policy definition store, and known issues when editing new GPOs, including Group Policy Preferences (GPPs) with the old Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) console.
Enterprise/Education - only GPOs
There have been policies that apply only to Windows 10, but for the first time ever in Windows history, now there are also GPOs that apply to certain Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) only. Several GPOs for customizing Windows 10 apply only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Education SKUs. At the time of writing this book, the following GPOs have such a restriction:
- Configure Spotlight on lock screen
- Turn off all Windows Spotlight features
- Turn off Microsoft consumer features
- Do not display the lock screen
- Do not require
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