Early preview of Microsoft Edge group policies

Brian Altman
Microsoft
Jun 26, 2019
Thank you Lucas. I've shared your request with our favorites feature team.
Senturion33
Brass Contributor
Jun 27, 2019
Lucas

I agree. This would be a huge feature for corporate and enterprise users. It would be nice to be able to turn on "legacy favorites integration", and a legacy favorites button would appear next to regular favorites. Then users click whichever one they want.
- SeanLyndersay-MS
  Microsoft
  Jun 27, 2019
  Senturion33 and Lucas
  
  Thanks for the feedback.
  
  I'd like to understand a little more about what you are trying to do. We have looked into keeping IE favorites and Edge favorites in sync, and it's a little tricky (for example, with the current EdgeHTML version, when that policy is enabled, device-to-device sync is disabled to avoid loops). We want to make sure we're meeting your needs, so it'd be great if you could elaborate on the specific scenarios so we can do the right thing for you.
  
  First, you mentioned that you want to use KFR -- what does using KFR to redirect the favorites folder get you vs using the built in Edge Sync mechansm to sync folders across devices?
  
  Second, you mentioned that you would want a "legacy favorites" integration button. We can automatically migrate IE favorites into the new Edge on first launch (a one time activity), so all IE favorites would be in the new Edge. What would be the scenario in which a user would want to access the IE favorites separately from the Edge favorites?
  
  Many thanks for help in understanding what you're trying to do.
  - Lucas
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 27, 2019
    SeanLyndersay-MS
    About our scenario and KFR :
    
    Many of our users are familiar with Internet Explorer, remember its name, know they have to use it "because of reasons" or otherwise some business applications may not work (especially for historical reasons). Users have had their habits for years, and they don't want/don't need to worry about which browser to use.
    When Windows 10 arrived, we set Edge as the default browser and enabled redirection to Internet Explorer for some sites.
    This is where it starts to get complicated, here's a example:
    The user launches the first browser he sees (Edge because it is pinned in the taskbar), start browsing Intranet/Internet. His favorites are still there: so far, so good.
    Then the user connects to a website that requires IE, the system starts IE and loads the URL. After that, the user keeps browsing Intranet/Internet but never returns to Edge: in this case, if the favorites are not synchronized, the user is lost, because the next time he'll launch a browser, it may be Edge again (and favorites created in IE must be there).
    
    You'll tell me that there's a GPO that sends all sites to Edge if they're not in Enterprise Mode list, but the problem is basically the same because the user will create favorites in Edge and expect to find them in IE.
    ----
    Why KFR ? Because we are not using Azure, and Edge device-to-device sync requires a Microsoft account.
    ----
    It might be OK if you load IE websites directly inside Edge (without opening IE), and if we can redirect IE to Chromium Edge for everything (to catch all shortcuts and entry points towards IE) and store/read the favorites in the Favorites directory (supporting KFR so the user can use another computer and find his favorites).
    
    It reminds me of something else: In "EdgeHTML Edge" the Enterprise List is loaded after ~60 seconds, and that's really inconvenient because when a new user profile is created on a computer, the user start Edge, browse to a legacy website: The redirection will not take effect because Edge didn't read the file yet. In this Chromium version, if you can start reading the file as soon as the browser is started, it'd be cool
    
    Thanks for your time, and please tell me if anything is not clear.

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