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Tim_bl
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Apr 09, 2021

Weblink on shared iPad prompts 'action not allowed' after clicking

Hi everyone,   We started discovering shared iPad within MEM several months ago. Looking to the utilization of this concept deploying weblinks are essential, if you ask me. And exactly with these ...
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daniel2405
Copper Contributor
Apr 09, 2021
Did you found a solution I have exactly the same issues
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    Tim_bl
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 17, 2021

    Hi daniel2405 ,

     

    Issue seems to cased when you check 'require managed browser' for you weblink. The 'managed app' definition of Microsoft seem to differ from the definition of other MDM vendors and Apple. Definition of a managed app according to Microsoft is: A managed app is an app that has app protection policies applied to it, and can be managed by Intune.
    Which means when creating a weblink and requiring this weblink to be opened with a managed browser, you need to distribute Edge to this device in the first place, but you need to apply an app protection policy to Edge as well. Keep in mind when you do not check 'require managed browser' you can only open it within Safari.

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      daniel2405
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 18, 2021

      Tim_bl ,

       

      thanks for your reply,

       

      due to the fact the shared iPad is still device base do you think the application protection will solve the issues ?. the only workaround I found is to create Book Mark in Edge.

       

      we are using Edge like app VPN because the link we want to reach require internal connection.

       

      for device with user affinity the there is no issues and also without app protection policy. 

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        Tim_bl
        Brass Contributor
        Apr 19, 2021

        Hidaniel2405 ,

        I tested your scenario with a device with user affinity, without APP and require managed browser. Tested this when signing in to Edge and without signing in to Edge. Still receiving the error 'Action not allowed'.

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    Tim_bl
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 09, 2021
    No, with this topic I am trying to find the root cause. So far the work around is to deploy a weblink/webclip with Apple confgurator. However the Device Feature configuration for setting the home screen layout sees Apple configurator weblinks as configurations rather than applications, so you cannot set these weblinks in your predefined homescreen layout. Furthermore signing in to the Edge browser seems to solve the issue in an INconsistent way.

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