At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Turn off notifications network usage

This policy setting blocks applications from using the network to send notifications to update tiles tile badges toast or raw notifications. This policy setting turns off the connection between Windows and the Windows Push Notification Service (WNS). This policy setting also stops applications from being able to poll application services to update tiles. If you enable this policy setting applications and system features will not be able receive notifications from the network from WNS or via notification polling APIs. If you enable this policy setting notifications can still be raised by applications running on the machine via local API calls from within the application. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the client computer will connect to WNS at user login and applications will be allowed to poll for tile notification updates in the background. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.

At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Turn off toast notifications on the lock screen

This policy setting turns off toast notifications on the lock screen. If you enable this policy setting applications will not be able to raise toast notifications on the lock screen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting toast notifications on the lock screen are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.

At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Turn off toast notifications

This policy setting turns off toast notifications for applications. If you enable this policy setting applications will not be able to raise toast notifications. Note that this policy does not affect taskbar notification balloons. Note that Windows system features are not affected by this policy. You must enable/disable system features individually to stop their ability to raise toast notifications. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting toast notifications are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.

At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Turn off tile notifications

This policy setting turns off tile notifications. If you enable this policy setting applications and system features will not be able to update their tiles and tile badges in the Start screen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting tile and badge notifications are enabled and can be turned off by the administrator or user. No reboots or service restarts are required for this policy setting to take effect.

At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Automatically workplace join client computers

This setting lets you configure how domain joined client computers become workplace joined with domain users at your organization. If this setting is enabled domain-joined client computers will automatically become workplace-joined upon domain user logon. Note: Additional requirements may apply on certain Windows versions and SKUs. Refer to the Windows Server 2012 R2 documentation on TechNet. http://go. microsoft. com/fwlink/?LinkId=307136

At least Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Specify Work Folders settings

This policy setting specifies the Work Folders server for affected users as well as whether or not users are allowed to change settings when setting up Work Folders on a domain-joined computer. If you enable this policy setting affected users user receive Work Folders settings when they sign in to a domain-joined PC. The “Work Folders URL” can specify either the URL used by the organization for Work Folders discovery or the specific URL of the file server that stores the affected users’ data. The “Force automatic setup” option specifies that Work Folders should be set up automatically without prompting users. This prevents users from choosing not to use Work Folders on the computer; it also prevents them from manually specifying the local folder in which Work Folders stores files. By default Work Folders is stored in the “%USERPROFILE% -> Work Folders” folder. If this option is not specified users must use the Work Folders Control Panel item on their computers to set up Work Folders. If this policy setting is disabled or not configured no Work Folders settings are specified for the affected users though users can manually set up Work Folders by using the Work Folders Control Panel item.

At least Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Force automatic setup for all users

This policy setting specifies whether Work Folders should be set up automatically for all users of the affected computer. If you enable this policy setting Work Folders will be set up automatically for all users of the affected computer. This prevents users from choosing not to use Work Folders on the computer; it also prevents them from manually specifying the local folder in which Work Folders stores files. Work Folders will use the settings specified in the “Specify Work Folders settings” policy setting in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> WorkFolders. If the “Specify Work Folders settings” policy setting does not apply to a user Work Folders is not automatically set up. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Work Folders uses the “Force automatic setup” option of the “Specify Work Folders settings” policy setting to determine whether to automatically set up Work Folders for a given user.

At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Set Cost

This policy setting configures the cost of Wireless LAN (WLAN) connections on the local machine. If this policy setting is enabled a drop-down list box presenting possible cost values will be active. Selecting one of the following values from the list will set the cost of all WLAN connections on the local machine:- Unrestricted: Use of this connection is unlimited and not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints. – Fixed: Use of this connection is not restricted by usage charges and capacity constraints up to a certain data limit. – Variable: This connection is costed on a per byte basis. If this policy setting is disabled or is not configured the cost of Wireless LAN connections is Unrestricted by default.