This feature is for admins of Dropbox teams who use the Group Policy Object (GPO) feature with Microsoft Active Directory to manage their team’s IT.
Important: Starting December 1, 2026, the Dropbox Active Directory Connector will be going away. It’s recommended that you connect Dropbox with Microsoft Entra ID as soon as possible to manage Dropbox team memberships.
Admins of Dropbox teams can configure their team members’ Dropbox desktop app preferences remotely using GPO. They can choose to configure preferences for individual team members, groups of team members, or whole teams.
To configure these preferences, download these .admx and .adml file templates from GitHub or refer to the tables below. The root directory for all preferences is “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox”.
Admins can configure general preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\General”.
Notes:
Admins can configure LAN sync preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Bandwidth”.
Admins can configure bandwidth preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Bandwidth”.
Admins can configure proxy preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Proxies”.
Admins can configure locking preferences to choose if team members can override their admin’s preferences.
Admins can set team members’ desktop apps to reread the registry values and update their preferences at specific time intervals.
DWORD (Default = 3600)
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