1. A method comprising: receiving, at a client device, policy data from a domain controller comprising a directory server and a file server, the client device running an operating system that does not natively support policy retrieval from the directory server and file server; identifying a policy type of the received policy data; identifying, by a processing device, a policy processing plug-in associated with the identified policy type, wherein the policy processing plug-in is connected to the operating system on the client device through a plug-in interface; and providing the received policy data to the identified policy processing plug-in for processing.