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Remote Desktop Sessions same user multiple sessions
I found this thread because I had a similar issue: was trying to publish the new Edge Beta as a remote app but multiple clients would be trying to use it using the same account. My workaround was similar to what FreekBloemhof suggested which was set the user data directory via the Edge GPO template ("${profile}/Edge/${session_name}").
This works (multiple sessions of the same user can now run Edge) but back to the same end: no new favorites will be saved, and preferences like "last download paths" will never be saved either. The favorites can be worked around (some what) with a managed favorites list but the downloads part needs a bit more finesse. Oh, now you have to worried about those ${session_name} folders as they're a few MB each.
ray73864 Just curious what you've done thus far?
rayld We are still running Server 2008 R2 at present, so not a big issue for us right now, though we are looking at moving to Server 2019 within the next year I believe.
I have a bodged up method working with Firefox, but I prefer the elegance of how IE11 does things.
Would be nice if Edge could go the same way.
ray73864 Sadly, if Edge is moving towards the Chromium route, it might not go back to how IE functions. I think if we can redirect where certain things go the we'll be okay. I haven't had a chance to fiddle with UserDataDir vs the other folder you can redirect via GPO, that might be the solution.
I'd rather not deal with profile related software to redirect. However... Have you considered allowing the user to sign into Edge with a profile? That might retain settings and preferences like favorites. Sadly that isn't an option I want to move towards with our generic accounts...