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Chromium Edge Extension - ForceIntall
Vijay1135 wrote:
I also wants to host extension in microsoft store (For Chromium Edge). How can i do this?there is still no word about it from the developers, last time they said they will let us know and post news about it once they create a portal and mechanism so that developers can publish their extensions on Microsoft extension store.
Updating the answer 2/19/2020 (it's been roughly 3 months since)
Here is a group policy you can use:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#extensioninstallforcelist
ExtensionInstallForcelist
Control which extensions are installed silently
Supported Versions: Microsoft Edge on Windows and Mac since version 77 or later
Description
Specifies extensions that are installed silently, without user interaction, and that the users can't uninstall or disable ("force-installed"). All permissions requested by the extensions are granted implicitly, without user interaction, including any additional permissions requested by future versions of the extension. Furthermore, permissions are granted for the enterprise.deviceAttributes and enterprise.platformKeys extension APIs. (These two APIs are only available to extensions that are force-installed.)
This policy takes precedence over a potentially conflicting ExtensionInstallBlocklist policy. When you take an extension off of the force-installed list it's automatically uninstalled by Microsoft Edge.
For Windows devices that aren't joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain, forced installation is limited to extensions available in the Microsoft Store.
Note that users can modify the source code of any extension by using Developer Tools, potentially rendering the extension dysfunctional. If this is a concern, set the DeveloperToolsAvailability policy.
Use the following format to add an extension to the list:
[extensionID];[updateURL]
extensionID - the 32-letter string found on edge://extensions when in developer mode.
updateURL (optional) is the address of the Update Manifest XML document for the app or extension, as described at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095043. If you don't set the updateURL, the Microsoft Store update URL is used (currently https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx). Note that the update URL set in this policy is only used for the initial installation; subsequent updates of the extension use the update URL indicated in the extension's manifest.
For example, gggmmkjegpiggikcnhidnjjhmicpibll;https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx installs the Microsoft Online app from the Microsoft Store "update" URL. For more information about hosting extensions, see: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095044.
If you don't configure this policy, no extensions are installed automatically, and users can uninstall any extension in Microsoft Edge.
Note that this policy doesn't apply to InPrivate mode.
Vijay1135 wrote:
I also wants to host extension in microsoft store (For Chromium Edge). How can i do this?
there is still no word about it from the developers, last time they said they will let us know and post news about it once they create a portal and mechanism so that developers can publish their extensions on Microsoft extension store.
Updating the answer 2/19/2020 (it's been roughly 3 months since)
Here is a group policy you can use:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#extensioninstallforcelist
ExtensionInstallForcelist
Control which extensions are installed silently
Supported Versions: Microsoft Edge on Windows and Mac since version 77 or later
Description
Specifies extensions that are installed silently, without user interaction, and that the users can't uninstall or disable ("force-installed"). All permissions requested by the extensions are granted implicitly, without user interaction, including any additional permissions requested by future versions of the extension. Furthermore, permissions are granted for the enterprise.deviceAttributes and enterprise.platformKeys extension APIs. (These two APIs are only available to extensions that are force-installed.)
This policy takes precedence over a potentially conflicting ExtensionInstallBlocklist policy. When you take an extension off of the force-installed list it's automatically uninstalled by Microsoft Edge.
For Windows devices that aren't joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain, forced installation is limited to extensions available in the Microsoft Store.
Note that users can modify the source code of any extension by using Developer Tools, potentially rendering the extension dysfunctional. If this is a concern, set the DeveloperToolsAvailability policy.
Use the following format to add an extension to the list:
[extensionID];[updateURL]
extensionID - the 32-letter string found on edge://extensions when in developer mode.
updateURL (optional) is the address of the Update Manifest XML document for the app or extension, as described at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095043. If you don't set the updateURL, the Microsoft Store update URL is used (currently https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx). Note that the update URL set in this policy is only used for the initial installation; subsequent updates of the extension use the update URL indicated in the extension's manifest.
For example, gggmmkjegpiggikcnhidnjjhmicpibll;https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx installs the Microsoft Online app from the Microsoft Store "update" URL. For more information about hosting extensions, see: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095044.
If you don't configure this policy, no extensions are installed automatically, and users can uninstall any extension in Microsoft Edge.
Note that this policy doesn't apply to InPrivate mode.
