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David421
Sep 17, 2020Copper Contributor
We need GPO setting to block one word address bar search
We have enabled GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntriesInAddressBar and thought this would block single word search in the selected search engine. That is not the case. There should be a setting to blo...
Kelly_Y
Microsoft
Sep 17, 2020David421 Hi David! Thanks for the feature request! I've contacted our Address Bar & Search Team regarding your suggestion. Currently it is not on our roadmap to disable single word search as a fallback when the policy GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar is set.
There was a previous thread here discussing/requesting single word search for the policy. The team is interested in gathering some additional data. Can you share some more insight from your end about why this specific scenario is necessary and if this is a deployment blocker for you? Thanks!
-Kelly
David421
Sep 18, 2020Copper Contributor
The customer is concerned that internal server names could be leaked to the search engine if typed miss spelled or if a server is temporary offline. So they cannot use Edge Chromium unless this feature has a disable option.