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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
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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: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/ is your go-to source for all MSFT Edge information. After a quick search, I came across details for https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#backgroundtemplatelistupdatesenabled, 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 https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/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