Jun 20 2023 09:11 AM
A new issue is now we have a "Browser Essentials" Icon in the top toolbar. I downloaded and latest admx files to try and disable it via GPO and could not find the option.
Do you know of a registry setting or GPO setting to disable that icon?
Thanks for all your help. @Kelly_Y
Danny
Jun 20 2023 12:04 PM
Jun 20 2023 12:13 PM
Jun 20 2023 02:17 PM
@Danny0132 Hi! I've reached out to the team about this. I can see this has been requested by other customers as well. We can follow up once there are any updates. Thanks!
-Kelly
Jun 22 2023 04:53 AM
Jun 22 2023 03:00 PM
@JoachimT @Danny0132 Hey! The team has confirmed adding a policy is on the roadmap but no ETA yet. We will follow up once there is more information. Thanks!
-Kelly
Jun 23 2023 08:31 AM
Jun 23 2023 11:47 AM
Jun 23 2023 12:54 PM
@lforbes @Danny0132 @JoachimT Thank you for the feedback! The team understands your concerns about the Browser essentials feature. Browser essentials just displays browser performance and security information to users with suggestions to optimize their performance and browser protection. At present, Browser essentials shows performance data on the devices to the user based on their current browser experience. It does not collect any private patient data and send it to the cloud.
Also, regarding performance and security, there is no additional information being passed to the cloud related to users browsing habits.
We are actively working on creating a policy to hide the icon on the top toolbar. Will this be sufficient for your organization?
Please continue to provide feedback on Tech Community about Browser essentials.
-Kelly
Jun 26 2023 11:34 AM
@Kelly_Y Yes please remove the icon on the toolbar! And while you're at it, I can't have the "Download Microsoft Edge mobile app" pop-up showing after the latest update either.. 114.0.1823.58. Anyone know if there's already a policy to disable this?
Jun 27 2023 09:41 AM
@JLowis Hello - Have you tried using the ShowRecommendationsEnabled policy (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-policies#showrecommendationsenabled) to remove the pop-up to download the mobile app?
-Kelly
Jul 03 2023 07:39 AM
@Kelly_Y The ShowRecommendationsEnabled policy was what I was looking for to remove the mobile app pop-up. Thank you. Looking forward to a policy to disable the browser essentials button.
Jul 31 2023 01:06 PM
@JLowis @Danny0132 @lforbes @JoachimT Hello All - The PinBrowserEssentialsToolbarButton policy is now available to hide the Browser essentials button on the toolbar. Policy information here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#pinbrowseressentialstoolbarbutt...
It is currently available in Microsoft Edge Beta Channel 116. The latest Beta was just released today, Version 116.0.1938.36. For Stable 115 and Extended Stable 114, the policy should be available in the upcoming releases for those channels this week.
Thanks for your feedback!
-Kelly
Aug 02 2023 09:01 AM
Aug 04 2023 10:40 AM
Just FYI, it looks like there might be some delays with Microsoft Edge Stable and Extended Stable this week. You can take a look at the Release Notes (Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel | Microsoft Learn) for notification of when they are deployed. Thanks!
-Kelly
Aug 07 2023 04:34 PM
Microsoft Edge Stable v115.0.1901.200 and Extended Stable v114.0.1823.106 was released today. Please provide any feedback after testing. Thanks!
-Kelly