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Turning On Bing/Discovery in Edge via Intune
HI Folks We manage Edge for our users and some of them want to play with the new Big chat client. I've used it and think it's kind of cool. The potential is huge. I cannot find the proper set...
Hi DavidWanderer ,
Not sure about the "discover" functionality, but you can check the following:
Manage the sidebar in Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Learn
The policies explained there will match the ones available in Intune (or at least you know what to look for, if not added in Intune 🙂 😞
Configure Microsoft Edge policy settings for Windows using Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn
If the setting is not available in the default set of policies, you could always use ProcMon (Process Monitor - Sysinternals | Microsoft Learn) to figure out the registry location for this, but I assume this will be stored as a binary value.
Hi Matthias & David,
My findings here thus far have led me to believe that while Edge is in a managed state, the discover feature does not work as expected. With the 'enabled sidebar' and enable discover' Intune policy settings set to 'Enabled' it almost appears as though you are enforcing the 'On' state for the Discover feature, however, even with the settings enabled and correct registry keys in place the Discover feature does not seem to fire up.
When I set the above-mentioned Intune policy settings back to 'Not configured,' I then have the option to (very briefly before "policy" catches back up) toggle the Discover setting on my own browser but again, no change in behavior. That is to say you can briefly toggle the Discover option back and forth but won't be able to use the Discover option as intended.
My thinking is that there is some sort of bug being worked out otherwise I would expect things to work exactly as Intune policy settings describe when I have the correct Sidebar & Discover options enabled. I'll be happy to provide those reg keys as well if it would help others -- looking forward to other's findings here. We are excited to look at the potential of the Discover feature at our organization and want to confirm we can properly govern it!
My findings here thus far have led me to believe that while Edge is in a managed state, the discover feature does not work as expected. With the 'enabled sidebar' and enable discover' Intune policy settings set to 'Enabled' it almost appears as though you are enforcing the 'On' state for the Discover feature, however, even with the settings enabled and correct registry keys in place the Discover feature does not seem to fire up.
When I set the above-mentioned Intune policy settings back to 'Not configured,' I then have the option to (very briefly before "policy" catches back up) toggle the Discover setting on my own browser but again, no change in behavior. That is to say you can briefly toggle the Discover option back and forth but won't be able to use the Discover option as intended.
My thinking is that there is some sort of bug being worked out otherwise I would expect things to work exactly as Intune policy settings describe when I have the correct Sidebar & Discover options enabled. I'll be happy to provide those reg keys as well if it would help others -- looking forward to other's findings here. We are excited to look at the potential of the Discover feature at our organization and want to confirm we can properly govern it!
- Thanks for your udpate. I continue to experience the same. It would be great to allow users to start to play with bing chat. I would be interested in the reg keys if you have time to post. Thank you.
