What is Group Policy?
Group Policy is a feature in Microsoft Windows that provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users’ settings in an Active Directory environment. This is particularly useful in enterprise settings, where maintaining uniform configurations across multiple machines is critical.Obtaining the administrative templates
Group Policy is supported by Draftable irrespective of installation mechanism. The only difference between installation mechanism is where the administrative templates are installed to (and may need to be copied from into the administrative store). The administrative templates are found in the GroupPolicy folder under the product installation path. For the default EXE installer, the administrative templates for the installed version are in:Installing the administrative templates
To install the templates, copy all files/folders in the GroupPolicy folder to the following location on the system(s) from which Group Policy will be managed:- If your organization maintains a Central Store, copy the administrative templates to the Central Store’s network path.
- Import custom and third party partner ADMX templates using Microsoft Intune.
Editing the policies in the Group Policy editor
Once the administrative templates are installed, the Draftable Legal policies can be found in Group Policy editor under:- Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Draftable
- User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Draftable
Policy settings
Version compatibility: Each policy listed below includes the version it was first introduced in. Use the ADMX/ADML templates that match your installed version of Draftable Legal. Policies marked Pre-25.1.0 have been available since before version 25.1.0 and are supported in all currently documented versions. For a full history of changes between versions, see the Group Policy Changelog.
- Draftable.admx - Base category definition (parent container only, no policies)
- DraftableDesktop.admx - General desktop application policies (applies to both Draftable Desktop and Draftable Legal)
- DraftableDesktopLegal.admx - Legal edition-specific policies (DMS integrations, redline profiles, output options)
- DraftableInstaller.admx - Installation-related policies
Priority of Group Policy settings
Unless otherwise noted, the order of precedence from highest priority to lowest priority is:- User Policy (set in User Configuration)
- Computer Policy (set in Computer Configuration)
- User Setting (set by the user through the UI or by the user manually editing the registry)
Draftable Desktop policies
These policies are defined in DraftableDesktop.admx and apply to both Draftable Desktop and Draftable Legal editions.Licensing and activation
Licensing and activation
Application behaviour
Application behaviour
Conversion engines
Conversion engines
Compare window and UI
Compare window and UI
1-Click compare
1-Click compare
Error handling and support
Error handling and support
Telemetry
Telemetry
Draftable Legal policies
These policies are defined in DraftableDesktopLegal.admx and apply only to the Draftable Legal edition.iManage integration
iManage integration
Registry fallback: disable the local HTTP listener
HKCU:\Software\Policies\Draftable\HttpListener with the same value name, type and data. Restart Draftable after applying the setting.Renamed in 25.2.0: The HTTP Listener policies were previously named “Enable local iManage HTTP Listener” and “iManage HTTP Listener Communication Port”. They were renamed to generic names to support broader DMS communication scenarios. If upgrading from pre-25.2.0, use the renamed port policy. To disable the listener, use the corrected policy or the registry fallback above.
Removed in 25.10.100: The “iManage On Premises Server URL” policy was removed and replaced by “iManage endpoints (CSV)”. If you were using the old single-URL policy, migrate to the new CSV format using semicolon-separated HTTPS URLs.
DMS integrations
DMS integrations
Office add-ins
Office add-ins
The Enable VSTO Add-In (Outlook) policy works with the 26.10.1 templates (revision 2610.1) on Draftable 26.10.1 or later. With older templates, the policy has no effect because it writes
OutlookVstoAddInEnabled instead of OutlookVstoAddInEnabledSetting. Import the 26.10.1 templates, then configure the policy again. Set it to Disabled to prevent Draftable from automatically installing the Outlook VSTO add-in. Alternatively, set OutlookVstoAddInEnabledSetting (REG_DWORD) under Software\Policies\Draftable\Feature directly. See the Outlook registry fallback for the full registry block. Existing add-in installations are not removed by this policy.You can hide the Compare Open button in the Draftable JavaScript add-ins for Office with the
HideCompareOpenButton registry value. It is not included in the Group Policy templates, so set it with Group Policy Preferences, Intune or a script. See the registry configurations article.Comparison output types
Comparison output types
Output and viewer settings (global)
Output and viewer settings (global)
These are global (application-wide) output settings. Most of them were lifted from individual Redline profiles to global settings in 26.6.0. For full registry value details, see the registry configurations article.
The Group Policy editor shows Include first page in Changed Pages Only output with the Supported on text “At least Draftable 26.9.0 (or later)”. Version 26.9.0 was not released to customers, so 26.9.1 is the first version that contains this policy. Similarly, Default comparison type and Default comparison type enforcement show “At least Draftable 26.9.0 (or later)” but take effect from 26.10.0.
Redline profiles
Redline profiles
For detailed configuration of redline profiles, see the Configuring Redline profiles within Group Policy article.
UI and other settings
UI and other settings
Changed in 25.5.0: The “Custom Status Tags” policy was moved to a new location in the ADMX templates. If upgrading from pre-25.5.0, reconfigure this policy.
Deprecated policies
Deprecated policies
The following policies have been removed from the ADMX templates. If you are running an older version, these policies may still be available in your templates.

