Microsoft Online Sign-In Client ADM GPO
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Oct
2009
* update: the adm file mentioned in this post isn’t available anymore, see comment (at least I did not find him, if you did please post a comment)
If your want to manage the settings inside de Microsoft Online Sign-In Client (used with BPOS) through Group Policies, you can download a Active Directory Group Policy Object here.
As stated on the Microsoft Online Services Team Blog:
This file is provided as-is and is not supported. It has been tested and works properly, however it has not gone through official Engineering sign-off. Once signed off it will be published to the Microsoft Downloads site, so stay tuned for an official version.
Settings you can manage:
- Enable Sign In to remember the username of the last signed in user
This policy should be Enabled when your user’s Online Account Name should be displayed each time the Sign-In Client is launched.
- Enable Sign In to remember the password of the last signed in user
This policy should be Enabled if your Online user’s password should be remembered and populated each time the Sign-In Client is launched.
- Enable Sign In to automatically sign in the user
This policy should be Enabled if you want the Sign-In Client to automatically sign-in once Windows is started.
- Enable Sign In to automatically start when the user starts Windows
This policy should be Enabled if you want the Sign-In Client to automatically launch after Windows starts.
- Enable Sign In to automatically minimize when the user signs in to Sign In
This policy should be Enabled if you want the Sign-In Client to automatically minimize to the Windows.
- Enable Sign In to show alerts when a new update is available for Sign In
This policy should be Enabled. It provides visible popup notifications when a Sign-In Client Application update is available.
- Enable Sign In to show alerts when a new configuration is available
This policy should be Enabled. It provides visible popup notifications when a Sign-In Client Application Configuration update is available.
2 Responses to Microsoft Online Sign-In Client ADM GPO
mvalk
August 12th, 2010 at 07:54
Thx JD for noticing.
Microsoft still refers to the adm file here.
But the msonline blog seems to be down or discontinued.
JD
August 12th, 2010 at 08:29
All references to this file seems to have been withdrawn and is no longer available, certainly not from the official download site.