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Brass Contributor

Oct 11, 2019

Favorites and UEV support

Hi, The old Edge has a Group Policy setting to set Favorites to be shared with Internet Explorer - which was good. When someone had to switch to IE, their Favorites were still there. We're al...

Guido Neubecker

Copper Contributor

Nov 13, 2019

We have a customer with over 500 users on Citrix and he wants to move to the new Edge as soon as possible after the release. As he is still using IE, an automatic transfer of the favorites is indispensable for him.

nivlacckw
Brass Contributor
Nov 13, 2019
Guido Neubecker Auto import option is available in New Edge GPO, same as Chrome
- MobyDude
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 13, 2019
  nivlacckw
  
  I knew it was there, but hadn't tested it actually working...
MobyDude
Brass Contributor
Nov 13, 2019
Guido Neubecker

Chrome - and I suspect 'New Edge' have the ability to auto-import bookmarks on first run.

But what this thread is talking about is not losing bookmarks in 'New Edge' if a user logs in to a different PC.

With IE you can use either roaming profile or UEV for favorites. With 'New Edge' it appears that the only method is Azure Premium Enterprise State roaming.

So - you client can import all of their favorites via GPO from IE. But if they don't have ESR then the chances are that they will lose their favorites if a user logs into a different PC or loses their local profile.
- nivlacckw
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 13, 2019
  MobyDude
  
  If Azure Premium Enterprise State roaming is the only option, thank you Microsoft and goodbye to this New Edge

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