Setting Proxy Server for IE 10 on Windows 8 using pac file and Group Policy

Posted by Greg Bray on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Greg Bray
Published on 2012-10-19T16:11:52Z Indexed on 2012/10/19 17:04 UTC
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We currently use group policy to configure a proxy server PAC file for Windows XP and Windows 7 computers on our network. We now are starting to get requests for Windows 8, but have noticed that our current GPO does not work for setting the proxy server on Windows 8 clients or server 2012. Is it possible to do this using a 2008 R2 domain controller or would we need to update our domain to a 2012 server?

I found a reference to creating new GPO settings for "Internet Explorer 10 and 11" and vague references to using RSAT on Windows 8 to set IE 10 settings via preferences, but nothing that talks about using group policy to manage proxy settings.

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