Line return

When writing multiline descriptions, single line returns may be used to keep the line lengths reasonably short (~80 characters). Those single line returns will be ignored in the generated documentation.

If you want an explicit line return in the generated documentation, use double line returns.

Product names

To ensure consistency in policy descriptions, the following is a mapping of how various product names and the like should be referenced. All placeholders tags must be opened and closed on the same line to avoid validation errors.

  • Chrome: <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">$1<ex>Google Chrome</ex></ph>
  • ChromeOS: <ph name="PRODUCT_OS_NAME">$2<ex>Google ChromeOS</ex></ph>
  • ChromeOS Flex: <ph name="PRODUCT_OS_FLEX_NAME">Google ChromeOS Flex</ph>
  • Chrome Browser Cloud Management: <ph name="CHROME_BROWSER_CLOUD_MANAGEMENT_NAME">Chrome Browser Cloud Management</ph>
  • Chrome Cleanup: <ph name="CHROME_CLEANUP_NAME">Chrome Cleanup</ph>
  • Chrome Sync: <ph name="CHROME_SYNC_NAME">Chrome Sync</ph>
  • Chrome Remote Desktop: <ph name="CHROME_REMOTE_DESKTOP_PRODUCT_NAME">Chrome Remote Desktop</ph>
  • Linux: <ph name="LINUX_OS_NAME">Linux</ph>
  • Internet Explorer: <ph name="IE_PRODUCT_NAME">Internet® Explorer®</ph>
  • Google Admin console: <ph name="GOOGLE_ADMIN_CONSOLE_PRODUCT_NAME">Google Admin console</ph>
  • Google Calendar: <ph name="GOOGLE_CALENDAR_NAME">Google Calendar</ph>
  • Google Cast: <ph name="PRODUCT_NAME">Google Cast</ph>
  • Google Classroom: <ph name="GOOGLE_CLASSROOM_NAME">Google Classroom</ph>
  • Google Cloud Print: <ph name="CLOUD_PRINT_NAME">Google Cloud Print</ph>
  • Google Drive: <ph name="GOOGLE_DRIVE_NAME">Google Drive</ph>
  • Google Photos: <ph name="GOOGLE_PHOTOS_PRODUCT_NAME">Google Photos</ph>
  • Google Tasks: <ph name="GOOGLE_TASKS_NAME">Google Tasks</ph>
  • Google Update: <ph name="GOOGLE_UPDATE_NAME">Google Update</ph>
  • Google Workspace: <ph name="GOOGLE_WORKSPACE_PRODUCT_NAME">Google Workspace</ph>
  • Lacros: <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph>
  • Android: <ph name="ANDROID_NAME">Android</ph>
  • macOS: <ph name="MAC_OS_NAME">macOS</ph>
  • iOS: <ph name="IOS_NAME">iOS</ph>
  • Windows: <ph name="MS_WIN_NAME">Microsoft® Windows®</ph>
  • Microsoft Active Directory: <ph name="MS_AD_NAME">Microsoft® Active Directory®</ph>
  • Microsoft Azure Active Directory <ph name="MS_AAD_NAME">Microsoft® Azure® Active Directory®</ph>
  • Fuchsia: <ph name="FUCHSIA_OS_NAME">Fuchsia</ph>

Sensitive policies

Malwares could abuse policies to control users' device. Some policies are particularly dangerous so there will be additional management requirements before applying them. For those policies, please append the following statements in the end of policy description.

On <ph name="MS_WIN_NAME">Microsoft® Windows®</ph>, this policy is only available on instances that are joined to a <ph name="MS_AD_NAME">Microsoft® Active Directory®</ph> domain, joined to <ph name="MS_AAD_NAME">Microsoft® Azure® Active Directory®</ph>` or enrolled in `<ph name="CHROME_BROWSER_CLOUD_MANAGEMENT_NAME">Chrome Browser Cloud Management</ph>`.

On <ph name="MAC_OS_NAME">macOS</ph>, this policy is only available on instances that are managed via MDM, joined to a domain via MCX or enrolled in `<ph name="CHROME_BROWSER_CLOUD_MANAGEMENT_NAME">Chrome Browser Cloud Management</ph>`.