
the EN-GB files to D:\ADDS\Sysvol\sysvol\xxxxxx\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\EN-GB\
Copy the language specific adml files for your required languages to the central store. Copy Chrome.admx to D:\ADDS\Sysvol\sysvol\xxxxxx\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\. The below paths are for my environment, and your environment will be different. Your group policy setup may be different. admx template files into my Windows 2008 R2 central store. Task 4 – Customise via Group Policy Configure Homepage Close the Group Policy Management Editor before continuing. If you are testing, you may wish to run the command “gpupdate /force /boot” on your test PC to force an immediate deployment. The install will now install to any PC’s that are covered by the policy you created. I always set “Ignore language when deploying this package” which is under Deployment>advanced. No further options are required to be set, however depending on your environment, you may wish to set some further options. I like to put the word “Deployed” in the name to distinguish the group policy installs from the manual installs. Note that this is the name that will appear in the installed program list on the client computers. I like to put both the architecture and version number in the package name, but it is up to you really. Select Advanced for the deployment method and click Ok.
Navigate to the package file you earlier placed in the deployment share, and click ok.In the right-hand pane, right click and select New>Package.Edit the newly created policy (Right-click>Edit) and navigate to the Computer Configuration>Policies>Software Settings>Software Installation node.Give it a descriptive name that will still retain some meaning to you and your colleagues in 6 months time. Open group policy management console on a domain controller, and create a new policy.Task 3 – Create a new GPO to deploy the software and settings. msi file to a deployment share that client computers have read access to. Task 2 – Copy MSI file to the deployment share. Download the Google Update adm group policy template from.
Download the adm and admx group policy templates from. Download the 64bit msi package of the enterprise Google chrome that Google helpfully provide. For our purpose the computers are all in the active directory organisational unit “Computers – Windows 7”. Install Google Chrome 64bit edition for all users of selected Windows 7 PCs. Your objectives will no doubt be different, so this guide should be a general reference only.
To follow this guide, you should already be familiar with Group Policy in general.Īs with any task, first clearly define the objectives you want to achieve before starting. It is based on v38, which at the time of writing is the current release. This guide will lead you through the basic steps to deploy Google Chrome with group policy.