Release date: June 11th 2022
Welcome to my VMware Dynamic Environment Manager series. In this session I will describe how I upgraded the VMware DEM GPO templates to v. 2203. According to VMware’s official documentation, Update sequence for Horizon 7, Horizon 8, and compatible VMware products (78445), this should be done after upgrading the DEM Management Console, as shown below.
I start out by downloading the installation media from VMware Customer Connect
I first log in to one of my Active Directory servers, browse to the temporary folder where I downloaded the VMware-DEM-xxx-GA.zip file and extract it. Under the VMware-DEM-xxx-GA folder, there is a folder named “Administrative Templates (ADMX)”. This is where the updated admx-templates are situated.
Next, I copy and replace all the admx-files to my “PolicyDefinitions” folder. In my LAB this will be:
C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\ad.admin.frelab.net\Policies\PolicyDefinitions
Finally, I copy and replace the adml-files from the en-US folder to:
C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\ad.admin.frelab.net\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-US
This concludes my session about upgrading the DEM GPO Templates to v. 2203. It also completes the DEM Upgrade process, as this is the last task.
Official VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Documentation
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