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Difference between Policies and Preferences

Below are the some of the differences between policies and preferences include the following:

• A preference does not disable the corresponding user interface item on the user’s computer, but a policy does.
• When a GPO no longer targets a person or machine, or when it falls out of scope, a policy is withdrawn. However, even when the GPO is no longer in effect, a preference is still set up for the targeted user or computer. The difference between preferences and policies might also be expressed as follows: Preferences tattoo the registry on the client machine, but Policies do not.
• The client computer’s initial registry settings are not changed when a policy is applied. Instead, the policy is kept on the client in a unique policy-aware registry area. The client’s original registry settings are reinstated if the policy is later deleted. Another way to put it is that a policy takes precedence over a matching configuration setting in the client’s user interface. However, when using preferences, the client’s original registry settings are rewritten and deleting the preference does not return the configuration to its original state. To put it another way, a preference alters the associated configuration option in the client’s user interface.Because of this difference, policies can be effective only for features of Windows operating systems and applications that are Group Policy–aware, while preferences can be effective for any features of Windows operating systems and applications as long as the appropriate preference extension is loaded.
• Policies can be configured in both domain and local GPOs; preferences can be configured only in domain GPOs.
• A preference can be applied only once if desired; policies are always periodically refreshed.

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