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Bradfordbrad
Copper Contributor
Dec 28, 2020

is not supported

my phone just broke and i rely on ms edge for all my passwords me who is using ms edge on linux b/c this pc doesnt run win 10 nicely im stuck any idea when acccount syncin is avalable on linux
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HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 29, 2020

Bradfordbrad 

I have another solution for you, I just tested it myself and verify that it works.

 

1. install Google Chrome on Linux

2. install Microsoft Autofill extension on it

Microsoft Autofill - Chrome Web Store (google.com)

3. sign in to your Microsoft account in that extension

4. access your saved passwords safely.

 

With Microsoft Autofill you can:
- Avoid the hassle of forgetting passwords by saving them online
- Save time by automatically filling your passwords on sites you visit
- Access your saved passwords on all your devices

 

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tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
Dec 29, 2020

HotCakeX  Good solution for Chrome users. 

 

Bradfordbrad The Microsoft Autofill extension can be added directly to Edge-Linux from the Google Store, and works just fine on Edge-Linux once authenticated/verified.  Installing the extension directly on Edge-Linux would save the trouble of installing Chrome.

 

HotCakeX Fascinating.  The fact that the Chrome extension works with Edge-Linux suggests to me that Microsoft is not facing any show-stopping technical impediments to enabling MSA sign-in and sync to Edge-Linux.  Do you have any idea why Microsoft has been so slow to implement the feature on Edge-Linux directly?

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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Dec 29, 2020
    I guess they couldn't port the same sync functionality from Windows to Linux and had to make fundamental changes to it to be compatible on Linux.
    just like when Edge released to Windows it only had favorites sync and the rest came later.
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      tomscharbach
      Bronze Contributor
      Dec 29, 2020

      HotCakeX "I guess they couldn't port the same sync functionality from Windows to Linux and had to make fundamental changes to it to be compatible on Linux."

       

      That's probably right.  I have the impression that the Edge-Linux team is quite small.  So far, what we seem to be getting is whatever the Dev version is from time-to-time without porting of basic features/functions like sign-in and sync.

       

      I'm glad you pointed the way to installing the Microsoft Autofill extension on Edge-Linux.  I've been trying to test Edge-Linux on Ubuntu (both bare metal on a laptop running Ubuntu and in a Ubuntu Gnome Box in Solus 4.1 on a desktop) and not being able to sign in or use sync was a real impediment to testing real-work situations.  Without the ability to sign-in or sync, I had a toy browser that wasn't much use for testing.  Now I can do some serious work with Edge-Linux.  Thanks.

       

      How has your Edge-Linux testing been going?  If I remember right, you were going to test in a VM on Windows 10.  I've found only a few instances (mostly related to rendering) where issues arose, but all of those were in the Gnome Box implementation and did not replicate on the bare-metal installation.

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        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Dec 29, 2020
        You're welcome,
        it's totally understandable, sync is very fundamental and needed,
        I haven't had the chance to test Edge dev on Linux yet, i think I should finally do it 🙂

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