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somaji
Brass Contributor
Dec 06, 2022

Mozilla FireFox Updates

I deployed Firefox as a Win32 App using Intune. While I was able to enable automatic update for Edge Chromium and Google Chrome for MEM managed Windows workstations using Administrative Templates in ...
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  • Moe_Kinani's avatar
    Moe_Kinani
    Dec 08, 2022
    No it will get the latest one only for new joined devices, so it’s important to use supersedence.

    It might be already enabled when you install FireFox, but you have to maintain this way for out of box tools. Some organizations tend to use PatchMyPC or Scappman, these 3rd party tools eliminate the long packaging process.

    I use supersedence!
    Moe

    https://patchmypc.com/

    https://www.scappman.com/

  • somaji's avatar
    somaji
    Brass Contributor
    Dec 08, 2022
    This is a great. Thanks. This works if replacing an app, e.g replacing Mozilla Firefox v103 with v107. But, for the long haul, creating a supersedence for each update, would not do. Second, when a client Joins AzureAD, the client will get multiple Deployments of Firefox from OOBE, until the latest version is deployed?

    Ideally, wouldn't we want the Firefox Win32 app deployed with the Auto-Update setting enabled in Firefox?
    • Moe_Kinani's avatar
      Moe_Kinani
      Bronze Contributor
      Dec 08, 2022
      No it will get the latest one only for new joined devices, so it’s important to use supersedence.

      It might be already enabled when you install FireFox, but you have to maintain this way for out of box tools. Some organizations tend to use PatchMyPC or Scappman, these 3rd party tools eliminate the long packaging process.

      I use supersedence!
      Moe

      https://patchmypc.com/

      https://www.scappman.com/

      • ACastro's avatar
        ACastro
        Copper Contributor
        May 11, 2023
        Does supersedence only work with apps I've deployed with Intune? For example, I want to upgrade older versions of Firefox with the latest version but I didn't deploy those older versions with Intune. Will supersedence still work in this scenario?
  • GCosta23's avatar
    GCosta23
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 03, 2023
    I'm in a similar situation. I don't have a Win32App for Firefox, but I deployed a device configuration profile for Firefox to apply the following configurations for both system and user on devices that have Firefox installed:
    1. Background Updater - Enabled
    2. Application Autoupdate - Enabled
    I've tested this on 2 separate profiles, under Admin template and by importing ADMX files, per Mozilla's instructions. Intune says it succeeded but I'm still seeing vulnerabilities on our PCs through our Vulnerability Management tool. Firefox can definitely auto-update like other browsers and I have seen it worked on Apple devices through our other MDM tool with plist configurations.
    • Miguel Sanabia's avatar
      Miguel Sanabia
      Brass Contributor
      May 04, 2023
      Have you had any success with configuration that works with updating Firefox while stale or not in use. I have those two settings applied to a workstation of mine and it does not seem to update Firefox.

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