
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide Skype 3.0 Beta 34
2006-10-31 Document version 2.0 Beta
Setting Up Group Policies
As of Release 3.0, Skype now supports the use of Group Policies to deliver and apply
desired policy settings and/or configurations to a set of enterprise users and computers
within a Windows Active Directory environment.
The user of Group Policies provides system- and network administrators with the most
convenient and reliable way to support centralized management of policy settings for
Skype clients across an enterprise.
Skype policy settings set the behavior of the Skype client for a given set of targeted users
or computers. Skype has been policy-enabled meaning that the behavior of the Skype client
is determined and changes based on registry values indicated in an administrative template
(.adm) file. This way, you can manage Skype’s features and settings through registry-
based policy.
Skype Technologies S.A., delivers these policy settings through a single Administrative
Template file called Skype-v1.5.adm, which was designed to modify specific keys in
the registry as described in the following section.
Note: You can download Skype-v1.5.adm from the Security section of the Skype
website (Skype.com/security) to configure Skype policies using Group Policy Editor.
Registry-based policy settings appear and may be configured in the Group Policy Object
Editor, which is under the Administrative Templates node.
The Skype-v1.5.adm file does not actually apply policy settings. Instead, it simply enables
you to see the policy settings in the Group Policy Object Editor. From there, you can
create Group Policy objects (GPOs) that contain the policy settings which you want.
For more information on how to deliver and apply group policies, refer to:
• Open Group Policy as an MMC snap-in
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/ae13960b-3a27-4b19-
a866-ed6e6e7a312d1033.mspx?mfr=true
• Using Administrative Template Files with Registry-Based Group Policy
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/manag
ement/gp/admtgp.mspx (See "Loading an .Adm File into the Group Policy Snap-in").
Configurable Policies
Following is the list of configurable policies that apply to the Skype 3.0 beta client:
Skype Client Functionality
DisableFileTransferPolicy
Disable file transfer to prevent the user from
sending and receiving files using Skype.
DisableContactImportPolicy
Disable import contacts.
DisablePersonalisePolicy
Disable personalization to prevent the user
from changing sounds.
DisableLanguageEditPolicy
Disable language edit to prevent the user
from editing language strings.
WebStatusPolicy
When enabled, always publishes the user's
status on the web as Skype buttons, when
disabled, prevents the user from publishing
status on the web.
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