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Local GPO on Windows 10 1909 won't activate NewTabPageLocation or IE11 Mode in Out-of-Domain PC's
ChevITGuy possible Workaround: let the non-domain-joined Machine "feel" like it is MDM-joined, then the Policies which are only working when AD/MDM-joined are working. I did some research on this and found a working solution some time ago (working with Edge Legacy as well as Edge Chromium).
My verbose Blog-Post about this is written in German, but all you need is the Registry-Export I published here: https://hitco.at/blog/microsoft-edge-startseite/#loesungI did a rewrite and updated version of my Blog-Post in english, you find it here:
https://hitco.at/blog/apply-edge-policies-for-non-domain-joined-devices/
ChevITGuy this behavior is well documented and it still was the same behavior in EdgeLegacy:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#newtabpagelocation
This policy is available only on Windows instances that are joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain or Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise instances that are enrolled for device management.