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05/31/2018

A single grouping of policy definitions based on the definition of the Category type.

Element hierarchy

<policyDefinitions>
<categories>
<category>

Syntax

<category name         = itemName
          displayName  = stringReference
          explainText? = stringReference >

  <!-- Child elements -->
  annotation*,
  parentCategory?,
  seeAlso*,
  keywords?

</category>

Key

? optional (zero or one)

* optional (zero or more)

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Data type	Required
displayName	A localized friendly name.	stringReference	Yes
explainText	An explanatory description.	stringReference	No
name	The name of the category.	itemName	Yes

Child Elements

Child Element	Description
[annotation](element-2-annotation.md)	A comment string for .adml files. Strings added to this tag will not be processed by Group Policy tools.
[keywords](element-keywords.md)	Optional keywords associated with categories or policy definitions. Not supported by Group Policy tools.
[parentCategory](element-parentcategory.md)	A reference to the parent category of the current category.
[seeAlso](element-seealso.md)	An descriptor string used to reference related policy definitions. Optional and unsupported by Group Policy tools.

Parent Elements

Parent Element	Description
[categories](element-categories.md)	A list of category elements. Up to one list of categories can be defined in an .admx file.

Requirements

Namespace

https://www.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/PolicyDefinitions

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