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HotCakeX
Oct 20, 2020MVP
Found a bug in Edge 87 policy
So whenever I enable this policy This option in Edge which is related to secure DNS lookups, becomes unavailable and disabled I see no relation between the 2 options. in...
- Oct 21, 2020The nomenclature used in the code is a bit misleading; by "machine level policies" they mean policies set by the platform policy provider (on Windows, that's Group Policy). Basically, if you see anything listed in about:policy (even a dummy policy name that doesn't really exist) the device is considered "Managed" and you'll get the "Managed Device" banners and end-user configuration of Secure DNS will be blocked in about:settings.
HotCakeX
Oct 21, 2020MVP
By "machineLevelPolicies" you mean the policies that are under "Computer Configuration" right? then no I have nothing set under that, just 1 policy under "User Configuration"
Eric_Lawrence
Microsoft
Oct 21, 2020The nomenclature used in the code is a bit misleading; by "machine level policies" they mean policies set by the platform policy provider (on Windows, that's Group Policy). Basically, if you see anything listed in about:policy (even a dummy policy name that doesn't really exist) the device is considered "Managed" and you'll get the "Managed Device" banners and end-user configuration of Secure DNS will be blocked in about:settings.
- HotCakeXOct 21, 2020MVPThat clears up the confusion, thank you very much