supportedOn Element
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
The supportedOn element provides a mapping of products to definitions.
Syntax
<supportedOn>
<definitions> … </definitions>
</supportedOn>
Attributes
There are no attributes associated with this element.
Child elements
| Element | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
No |
Contains the definitions of the supported product information. |
Note
For simplicity of documentation, nested elements located one level down, known as child elements, will only be described for a given element.
Remarks
Group Policy provides a enterprise management of the Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP as well as applications that run on the Windows platform. The enterprise will typically include multiple versions of operating systems and other applications. In order to administrate for these different versions, the Group Policy settings cannot be deprecated when a policy setting no longer applies to the current version of an operating system or application. Instead of removing Group Policy settings that apply only to earlier operating systems or applications, the Group Policy setting remains in the ADMX files, and the supportedOn element is used to specify what operating system or application version is affected by an individual Group Policy setting.
The supportedOn element is an optional element. The supportedOn element can be removed if all individual Group Policy settings reference supportedOn elements defined in a different .admx file; for example, the Windows base file, windows.admx.
Examples
This XML fragment is an example of a custom supportedOn element for a specific product version.
<supportedOn>
<definitions>
<definition name="SUPPORTED_ProductOnly"
displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_ProductOnly)"/>
</definitions>
</supportedOn>