Administrative Profiles

In addition to individual profiles on local computers, you can create administrative profiles since Release 2015, Service Pack 1.

Administrative profiles enable settings for client computers so that they use common configurations and allow workgroups to observe corporate rules.

The administrative profiles are simple profile.xml files that have the same structure as individual profiles but contain only settings that must be overridden. They provide a subset of settings to be used by all users. The files should not include non-administrative custom preferences.

Administrative profiles are read after an individual profile and act as a patch to the individual profile. The settings of an administrative profile replace the settings of an individual profile. The only exception are profiles that contain multiple paths. For multiple paths, patches are prepended to the list so that they are searched first. Inaccessible folders are merged as well. A few network folders might be temporarily unavailable but are accessible later.

You can create multiple administrative profiles. You can also configure administrative profiles for only specific program versions.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<settings>
	<group name="current workspace">
		<setting type="QString" name="workspace name" value="Corporate UI"/>
	</group>
	<group name="preferences_display">
		<setting type="int" name="graphicswinmodelbackgrndcolor"
		value="16777215"/>
		<setting type="QString" name="textfont" value="Courier New"/>
	</group>
	<group name="variables">
		<setting type="long" value="15" name="savetime"/>
	</group>
</settings>