Managing Google Chrome with adblocking and security

[Article last updated 2017-01-10]

This will guide you through configuring Google Chrome through Group Policy with a lot of the same settings I use in a large business.

Note that Windows 7 has a lot of Group Policy management bugs; I highly recommend you manage your domain from a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer, though it's not required.

1. Install Group Policy templates

Group Policy templates are stored on your domain's SYSVOL and tell your Group Policy Management what settings it can use. The Group Policy templates are in two files: ADMX with the settings, and ADML with the language strings.

Get the files from here

Put the ADMX file in: \\company domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions

Put the ADML file in: \\company domain\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-US

2. Understanding Chrome policies

The Group Policies for Chrome are extremely good. You can set default AND mandatory settings at both the Computer and User level. In practice, I use Computer-wide settings.