Let's dig in a little bit on these different areas for configuring IEEE.
I've got group policy editor opened on my server 2012 box.
First off, let's look at admin template policy.
So either under computer configuration or user configuration, if I drill into admin templates, Windows
Components, Internet Explorer, there are a bunch of options available for configuring Internet Explorer
settings.
So everything from pop up allow lists to turning off features within the UI, i.e. to security settings.
So there's lots and lots of capabilities around the various settings within group policy or within IEEE.
Now, as I mentioned, admin templates, the supported both per computer and per user.
So you can either set if you set it per computer, you're setting for all users who log into that machine.
If you're setting it per user, you're setting it for whichever user accounts in aid process, the per
user policy as they log on to a machine.
So a little bit different approach.
One is per computer where you can sort of enforce for all users.
And the other is on a per user basis.
Now with the other two areas of configuring, i.e. it's only per user.
So what I'm going to show you, since I'm on a 2012 box running IEEE 11.
You're not actually going to see IEEE maintenance policy.
Normally it would be under here under user configuration window settings.
But I will show you group policy preferences under user configuration preferences, control panel,
internet settings.
Now if I right click on this, I can get in and create a policy that's based on the browser version,
and then you'll see all the options available to me.
Now let's shift gears quickly and I'll just show you what this looks like on a machine that does have
only IEEE nine installed, and you can actually see Internet Explorer Maintenance Policy.
So you'll see under user configuration, Windows Settings, Internet Explorer, maintenance policy,
and I can view the options that I can configure.
I can configure browser settings, I can configure connection and proxy settings, etc..
All of these are available because this machine is still running, i.e. nine on it and it's only Windows
seven.
So, you know, lots of nuances to how this works based on which browser version you're using, which
machine operating system version you're using for editing group policy.
It's important to kind of keep this in mind.
And I'll underscore this a little bit further on in this module.
But my basic recommendation is if you're using IEEE Maintenance today, move away from it.
And if you're not using, don't start using it because eventually it will go away.