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Edge Insider ADMX
I'm wondering if there are any new ADMX templates for Edge Insider and I also want to know if the current Group Policy settings for regular Edge still apply.
Thanks!
WB
WBrady1965 - The new version of Edge will have a large set of Group Policy options which largely mirrors those in Chromium with several additions and removals based on Edge's feature set.
Having said that, like Chromium, the new Edge does not have "Zones" per-se and as a consequence most policies apply to all sites. It would be helpful to understand what aspects of Zones you were using previously, and whether the equivalent features in Chromium policy (e.g. site lists) are usable as an alternative.
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- mkruger
Microsoft
WBrady1965 To address your question, the existing group policies for the EdgeHTML version will not be read and used by the Chromium version. A new set of group policies is defined and are configured separately. - mkruger
WBrady1965
We have provided a pre-release of the policies for the Chromium based Microsoft Edge browser in the discussion at:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Early-preview-of-Microsoft-Edge-group-policies/m-p/693929/thread-id/5164In this discussion, there is an attached ZIP file that contains the ADMX, ADM, and basic documentation in an HTML file.
Please take a look and let us know what you think.
- +1 for the Edge Chromium admx
I think the question should be will it reuse back the Edge admx? or it will has a new Edge Chromium admx?- mkrugerIt is a new ADMX with a cross section of policies from Chromium and the EdgeHTML version.
+1 for this -
We are having to block users from installing as we block extensions in Chrome and IE\Edge
+1 on this
Because of some required third-party extensions (listed in Chrome Web Store) we need to use a Chrome compatible browser in our company. We are M365 customer and don't use any Google services but Search, so it would be great to have a chromium based Microsoft browser with full integration in the Windows world (WSUS / ADMX / GPO-manageability).- Hi WBrady1965, we will have more information about managability and Group Policy coming soon, is there a specific concern or feature that you are looking to be supported by default? Thanks, Elliot
+1 for a full featured ADMX for chromium Edge. Elliot Kirk
- Chrome like ADMX are a must have for corporate users.
Elliot Kirk +1 here for requesting Group Policy ADMX templates for the new Edge Chromium browser.
To give you some background (and hopefully be of some use to your team), I am an IT professional and we work principally with large schools in the UK. We currently use Google Chrome with ADMX templates to control the user experience in Chrome with Group Policy - this is mandatory in a school as kids will exploit any feature they don't need access to.
We have had to largely ditch the EdgeHTML version of Edge due to a lack of group policy control (though this had improved greatly) and incompatibility with some websites.
Things we would absolutely need to be able to control with group policy include blocking user installation of extensions (students like to install VPN extensions), force installing certain extensions (and disabling removal of these by the user). Setting homepages and start up URLs is also extremely important as well as disabling developer mode, in-browser task managers and making pre-set bookmarks.
Finally, being able to centrally set the directory for user downloads would be very beneficial as many establishments redirect downloads to a network share.
If you could incorporate these into future ADMX group policy templates, it would be an enormous benefit and I can see many IT managers sticking with this new version of Edge and not even bothering to deploy Chrome anymore.
Regards
Gigagator
And please, please, please Microsoft: Do not go down the "you can only configure it with Intune" road.
Don't sacrifice your browser's market share to advertise for Intune.
If you want Enterprises to use Edge, you need to provide ADMX files, that sums up, what you can do with Chrome for Work ADMX today PLUS, what you can do with "old" Edge and IE using ADMX.
It needs to be at least the total sum.
Otherwise, Enterprises will see no reason to switch from Chrome to Edge.
