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Do the Group Policy templates actually work for stopping/controlling Microsoft Edge Updates?
Hi Bruce_McDonald,
Setting the "Update policy override" to "Updates disabled: Updates are never applied" will prevent Edge from being updated on any domain-joined machine. Setting this is sufficient to prevent any updating from happening. When configured, the services / scheduled tasks will not update the browser. They're still scheduled in the case that the policy changes from "off" to "on".
Thanks,
Andy Zeigler
Edge Team
Bruce_McDonald Thanks for reaching out. I'm looping in our Enterprise team and will let you know if they have any insights to share.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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Thanks for the update!
I am finding it very odd that there is not a lot of guidance on this subject. You would think there would be a simple article somewhere on the web saying "make the following settings and Edge is under control" 🙂
OR - every other admin worldwide has either figured it out OR is letting Edge update itself automatically and not worrying about auto updates.
Edge for Business (the browser itself) is very very good - if I can get the update cadence reeled in a bit for my users - that would just about make it perfect.
Cheers
Bruce
Bruce_McDonald I'm glad that Microsoft Edge is working well for your Enterprise environment! While we wait to hear back from the team, I will do my best to address your questions.
For documentation: this landing page is your go-to source for all MSFT Edge information. After a quick search, I came across details for this policy, which may help answer your question. (In full disclosure, this is not my feature area, so please use your own discretion regarding its applicability to you.)
From what I've heard from other Admins, they let the browser update automatically and just keep an eye on our shipping cadence. (Our releases roughly align with the Chromium schedule, in order to deliver cohesive browsing and developing experiences.) We also recommend allowing automatic updates to ensure that your machines receive any/all intermittent bug fixes or security patches.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge- Fawkes
Appreciate the info and update.
While I may consider letting Edge update itself in the future - it needs some maturity and historical context before I would consider it. All you need is one dicey update to wreak havoc. Would rather be safe than sorry.
Having full control of the app update cadence is well established here and would most certainly apply to vetting major items like the web browser.
Hoping that the enterprise team can shed some light on what is happening here so I can sort this out quickly. Should not really be this difficult. By way of contrast - Chrome is super easy to control and has a specific set of policies that just work all of the time.
Cheers
B
