Server 2012 Group Policy Templates installed on Server 2008 R2

Setup: 2 x Domain Controllers running Server 2K8 R2 SP1
We are currently running our environment with IE9 and want to upgrade to IE11. However 2K8 R2 group policy doesnt support IE11 unless you upgrade your DC's to this version of IE. We are not going to deploy IE11 all at once but instead as we reimage or replace
PC's. 
My question is can install http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36991 Server 2012 templates on 2008 R2 and have the ability to apply GP objects to both versions of the browser? Will it's possibly make some of the current GP's ineffective
by erasing some settings?
Maybe there is a better was for me to do this? Any help on this would be appreciated! Thanks in advance. 
I will monitor this thread very closely and reply to any questions as soon as I can. Thanks!
BCU

Yes this can be done and its advisable to install the latest and greatest admx templates, please be aware that from IE10 upwards IE maintenance is deprecated and applied via a GPP, id advise you create a central store for your Admx and adml files if not
already done so
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929841
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929841

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