The language file paired with an ADMX template, carrying the text that users see. For each ADMX imported into Intune, a single en-us ADML file is accepted.
Also called administrative template language file.
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Terms in this definition
- ADMX
Group Policy settings are defined in these XML files. The settings catalog in Intune already has many settings that depend on them, and you may import up to 20 of your own or third-party ones, at most 1 MB each and in en-us only, along with matching ADML files.
- Intune
Microsoft's device management service, once branded Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Its compliance policies are what the compliant-device grant in Conditional Access relies on.
Related terms
- Central store
Every Group Policy editor in a domain sees identical templates when ADMX and ADML files sit in this SYSVOL folder, named PolicyDefinitions.
- Imported Administrative templates
A profile type in Intune, currently in preview, whose settings come from ADML and ADMX files (custom or from other vendors) added through the Import ADMX option.