Group Policy ADM template for Internet Explorer Proxy Server settings

Group Policy ADM template for Internet Explorer Proxy Server settings

If you haven't already figured it out, Microsoft has decided to kill the Group Policy option for Internet Maintenance which included a spot for inputting all of one's desired bypass -ed Proxy addresses. Microsoft recommends using the new Internet Explorer Toolkit, building a custom MSI file and then deploying to all end users. As I really don't like this method as it's a one-time shot, and basically makes WSUS useless with regards to performing updates for Internet Explorer, I decided to create a custom built ADM template. 

Here is the custom ADM template that I created...

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IE_Proxy_Settings_AllBuilds.ADM

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CLASS USER
CATEGORY "Windows Components"
CATEGORY "Internet Explorer"

 POLICY "Enable Proxy"
 EXPLAIN !!PVHelp
 KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
  VALUENAME "ProxyEnable"
  VALUEON NUMERIC 1
  VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
 END POLICY

 POLICY "Proxy Server"
 EXPLAIN !!ProxyServerHelp
 KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
  PART "Proxy Server" EDITTEXT REQUIRED
  VALUENAME "ProxyServer"
  DEFAULT "192.168.0.254:8080"
 END PART
 END POLICY

 POLICY "Proxy ByPassList"
 EXPLAIN !!ProxyByPassList
 KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
  PART "Proxy ByPassList" EDITTEXT REQUIRED
  VALUENAME "ProxyOverride"
  DEFAULT ".domain.com"
 END PART
 END POLICY

 END CATEGORY;
 END CATEGORY;
[strings]
PVHelp="Enable or Disable the Proxy"
ProxyServerHelp="Please type in the Proxy Server Address and include any port information. Example: 192.168.0.254:8080"
ProxyByPassList="Enter addresses separated by semicolon. To bypass local address use the format ;<local> for more info go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd361953.aspx"

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After loading the template using Add/Remove for Administrative Templates, you'll find under User > Admin Templates > Classic Administrative templates the three settings which can be used to define the proxy server.