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Aditi_Gangwar
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Mar 01, 2021

Roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge

Over the course of last year, we worked hard on building a powerful PDF reader that offers compatibility, reliability, and security for you and your organization.   The feedback we received from ...
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Doug Punchak
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Mar 26, 2021

Aditi_Gangwar, Do you have an ETA to fix the bug for the Edge IRM issue? I see that there is a workaround but wondered if this bug is on "the list" and if there's a possible ETA for an implemented fix.  Although it works, I can't ask my client to have its' 1700+ users download MS AIP, and provide instructions on when to use it, so they can open the protected documents in the event they open a document with IRM.

Thank you @pmonfette-ns for investigating!

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Aditi_Gangwar
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Mar 26, 2021

Doug Punchak: Can you confirm if the users trying to access PDF files are in the same tenant as the ones where the files were protected?

The support for viewing protected files across tenants is currently being rolled out in Edge Canary. It will be available in Stable around end of May.

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    Doug Punchak
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    Apr 15, 2021

    pmonfette-ns 

    Thank you for the reply.  Sorry I missed it until now. 

     

    My IRM settings are in the screenprint below.  I don't have the checkbox checked to "Prevent opening documents in the browser for this Document Library"

    Let me know what else I can do to test.

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    pmonfette-ns
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    Mar 26, 2021

    Doug Punchak Interesting problem, this works well for us (users in the same tenant for IRM protected PDF files). Can you share the IRM settings you are using ?

     

    On my side I'm testing with:

    • Windows 10 Pro latest updates installed
    • Latest version of Edge installed
    • I'm logging to Windows 10 using my 365 account and password
    • The IRM-protected PDF files are stored on SharePoint
    • I'm logged onto SharePoint Web in Edge with the same 365 user account I'm logged onto Windows 10 Pro

    I get this screen when I first try to open the PDF, I then click "Open in Browser" and then the PDF opens up and I can see it in clear in Edge using the embedded PDF reader like this. you can that the "file is protected by MSFT IRM..."

     

    If I check the permissions, I see this (which is in accordance to my IRM settings in SharePoint Library

    I'm the SP site owner so I have a few more rights than other users but my other users can also open up the files and they are normal users, not owners.

     

    My SP site IRM settings are as follow (blanked out some infos)

    I'm especially wondering about the "Prevent opening documents in the browser for this Document Library" part...

     

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    Doug Punchak
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    Mar 26, 2021
    Aditi_Gangwar, Yes. The users are in the same tenant. They are not guest accounts.

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