Hello Emil,
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Based on your query of blank line in Group Policy/Network Security in Server 2025. Well! The Group Policy Management Console relies on two types of files to display settings. ADMX (the logic) and ADML (the text/language display). When you see a blank line in the "Network Security" section, it might be due to one of the following three things.
- Microsoft occasionally deprecates a security setting but keeps the underlying registry hook in the template for backward compatibility. If the display string is removed from the language file but the entry remains in the security template, you get a blank line.
- If you are managing a Server 2025 instance from a workstation using older Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), the older tools might not know how to "read" a brand-new setting introduced in 2025.
- Microsoft’s official Windows Server 2025 security baseline notes that several policies were updated or removed (e.g., changes to account lockout, Kerberos, LAPS, and Defender Antivirus). When older entries are retired, the Group Policy editor may display blank lines where those items used to be. This does not affect functionality, and if you are not seeing deviations in behavior, it is generally safe to ignore. For more information https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-security-baselines/windows-server-2025-security-baseline/4358733
In short, since you have noted that functions are performing as expected, this is highly likely a UI artifact. Microsoft often cleans these up in subsequent "Cumulative Updates" as they refine the ADMX/ADML definitions for the 2025 lifecycle.
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