Question

Regarding Group Policy in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Microsoft used the token-based administrative template (ADM) files. What did Microsoft replace ADM files with, which is used in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2?

Answer 1

ADMX files which is in XML file format.

Step-by-step explanation:

Regarding Group Policy in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Microsoft used the token-based Administrative Template (ADM) files. Microsoft replaced ADM files with ADMX files (XML-based file format), and it is used in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

ADMX files are registry-based policy settings used for defining the display of the Administrative Template (ADM) policy settings in the GPO Editor in an XML-based structure.