For administrators

Manage OneMount with Group Policy

Set application parameters centrally on every device in your organization — from the tenant address and the set of drives to scheduled backups and the interface language. Via Active Directory (GPO) or Microsoft Intune, with familiar ADMX templates.

OneMount-ADMX.zip
  • OneMount.admx
  • en-US / uk-UA / es-ES
  • README with instructions
  • 28 settings in 7 groups

How it works

The template describes to the administrator which settings to configure. OneMount reads them from the registry (SOFTWARE\Policies\OneMount) and only reads — so a policy always wins over the user's own settings, and a managed setting becomes disabled in the app with a "managed by your organization" note.

1

Install OneMount

From Microsoft Store — with Intune or with Group Policy and winget. All installation options.

2

Add the templates

To the domain Central Store, locally, or to Intune (see below).

3

Configure the policies

In the "OneMount" section — computer or user scope, your choice.

4

Apply

gpupdate /force and restart OneMount on the devices.

Managed settings

28 policies. Each comes with a detailed description right in the policy editor.

Zero-touch minimum — three policies

1 · Enrollment key
Licenses and organization membership assign themselves.
2 · Sign-in address
Silent SSO — users never see a setup screen.
3 · Preconfigured drives
The user opens the laptop — the drives are already in Explorer.

Backups

new
  • Organization backups key
    What, where, on what schedule and how many to keep. Users can only run and restore.
  • Default backups for new PCs
    Desktop and Documents — right after installation.
  • Organization backups only
    Users' own backups are turned off.
  • Settings in the portal
    Each PC's backups are visible and editable in the OneMount portal.
  • Low impact
    Background priority and light compression.
  • Status report
    Result, size, file count — no names or content.

OneMount 0.9.55+ · files go straight from the PC to OneDrive or SharePoint. Why OneDrive is not a backup →

Sign-in

  • SharePoint sign-in address key
    The tenant is set — users don't need to know it.
  • Automatic sign-in
    Silent SSO with the device account.
  • Device account only
    Signing in with another account is blocked.
  • Sign-in right after deployment
    The sign-in window opens without waiting.

Drives

  • Drives to connect key
    Letter and library address for each drive.
  • Prevent changing drives
    The drive list is read-only.
  • Allowed letters
    No clashes with other network drives.
  • Drives in the profile
    Drives follow the user to other PCs.
  • Default mount mode
    SMB, local WebDAV or direct WebDAV.
  • Compatibility mode
    Force direct WebDAV.
  • WebDAV file size limit Windows before 11 24H2
    Raises the Windows 50 MB limit. Not needed on SMB drives.

Interface

  • Language
    Follow Windows or one of 24 languages.
  • Theme
    Light, dark or follow Windows.
  • Start with Windows
    Drives are ready right after sign-in.
  • Office from the cloud
    Co-authoring and AutoSave; can be turned off for DLP.
  • Hidden files
    Alerts about files Explorer hides because of long paths.
  • Background path scan
    Notifications with a "Fix paths" button.
  • Office hyperlink warning .exe only
    Links from Outlook and Teams open in one click.

Maintenance

  • Check intervals
    How often the session is renewed and drives are checked.
  • Disable updates .exe only
    You roll out new versions.
  • Custom update source .exe only
    Updates from your internal network.

The Microsoft Store version is updated by the Store.

Licensing

  • Organization key key
    Users join your organization and get a license automatically. More →

How to deploy the templates

Pick the scenario that fits your infrastructure.

Domain (Active Directory)

Copy the files to the Central Store — the policies become available on every domain controller and workstation:

\\<domain>\SYSVOL\<domain>\Policies\
PolicyDefinitions\OneMount.admx
…\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\OneMount.adml

Manage in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), linking GPOs to the OUs you need.

Microsoft Intune

In the admin center:

  1. Devices → Configuration → Create → Import ADMX.
  2. Upload OneMount.admx first, then the OneMount.adml files you need.
  3. Create a configuration profile based on the imported template and assign it to your groups.

The settings appear among the profile options.

Standalone workstation

Copy the files to the local policy store:

C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\
OneMount.admx
…\en-US\OneMount.adml

Manage via gpedit.msc → Administrative Templates → OneMount.

Tip. If the domain has an active Central Store, the policy editor takes templates only from there and ignores the local folder. After changing policies, run gpupdate /force on the device and restart OneMount — settings are read at startup. The full guide is in the README.md inside the archive.

Deploying with the organization key

The key removes the manual user list: everyone who signs in to OneMount on a managed machine automatically joins your organization and gets a license as soon as a seat is free.

Where to get the key

In the customer portal on the "Organization" page — the "Organization ID" block, format XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.

Keep the key secret: anyone who has it can join users to your organization and occupy paid seats. If it leaks, click "Regenerate" in the portal — the old key stops working instantly, existing members are not affected.

Option 1 — Intune

Import the ADMX templates into Intune (Devices → Configuration → Import ADMX) and set the same policy — or deploy a PowerShell script that writes the key to the registry:

New-Item 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\OneMount' -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\OneMount' OrgKey 'XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX'

Without policies a user can enter the key in the app: Account → Organization → Join.

Option 2 — Group Policy

The "Organization enrollment key" policy (the "Licensing" category of these very templates), or the registry value directly:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\OneMount
  OrgKey (REG_SZ) = XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

The key is read live, so the policy also applies to already installed copies — nothing needs to be reinstalled. A key from policy takes priority over one entered manually, and users can no longer change the organization in the app.

What happens next

  1. The user signs in to OneMount with their Microsoft account — and immediately becomes an organization member (visible in the portal, with an event log record).
  2. If a paid seat is free, a license is issued automatically by that same request.
  3. If seats run out, the user works on their own trial and is marked "over seats" in the portal: buy more seats and the license follows automatically.
  4. A member of another organization is never pulled in by the key — conflicts are excluded.

Ready to set up your deployment?

Download the ADMX templates and manage OneMount centrally.

Download templates (ZIP)
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