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rafalw15851895
Copper Contributor
Oct 19, 2022

How to open office files in Edge browser without downloading

Hi. In December I asked Microsoft support about possibility to open office files in Edge without downloading. It was working on some webpages but on the other not. That is answer from support:

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The configuration of Office files to open from email or work/school portals is under the development and enterprise support teams, but they are still considered a work in progress since there are sources that still require you to download the Office files before they can be opened and may require other policies to be deployed.

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Now I'm looking for some information if there was any progress in this case. For me it is still working that same but maybe in new versions there are some additional settings which are enabling that feature also in intranet or in mailboxes. 

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  • LeonardoAcapo's avatar
    LeonardoAcapo
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 24, 2025

    Same problem. In urgency, we resolved it by installing the Google Office extension, but - since users have Office 365 E1 - you'll understand that it's frustrating not to open the files in the native environment.

  • Kelly_Y's avatar
    Kelly_Y
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    Oct 19, 2022

    rafalw15851895 Hello!  I believe you are referring to this setting, "Open Office files in the browser"

     

     

    Which is also controlled by the QuickViewOfficeFilesEnabled policy (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#quickviewofficefilesenabled)

     

    I don't see any changes; it appears the feature is only available for public sites and not intranet sites.  

     

    Have you already submit your feature request through our in-browser feedback tool? It's under "..." menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback.

     

    -Kelly

     

    • rafalw15851895's avatar
      rafalw15851895
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 20, 2022
      Yes It is already configured. In my post You can see answer from Microsoft Support . But that answer is from december 2021
    • Joachim_T's avatar
      Joachim_T
      Iron Contributor
      Oct 20, 2022
      rafalw15851895, Kelly_Y

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#quickviewofficefilesenabled

      I have this Policy enabled since its availabel. I have never ever seen it working. All MS Office documents continue to be downloaded (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). No matter from where.

      We dont have a urgent need for this feature. So we never missed it. But anyway. I am curious if there is anybody out there who have seen it at work.

      Joachim

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