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jdbst56
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Nov 02, 2020

Edge 86.0.622.58 On-premises Sync Not Working Over VPN With Cached Local Login

We are running Edge 86.0.622.58 on Win10 Enterprise 1909 domain joined systems.   We are trying to configure the Edge GPO to enable local sync of favorites, but we are unable to get the on-prem s...
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Kelly_Y
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Mar 05, 2021

jdbst56 I just spoke to our Identity Team and they mentioned that in your case it seems like, in VPN configuration, the Windows API that MS Edge is using, is not returning the account information needed for on-premises.  They have asked the following:

 

Are you able to try the following steps to validate this?

  1. Delete all user data.
  2. Launch MS Edge with flag --force-on-prem-profile (msedge.exe --force-on-prem-profile)

If you cannot delete the data, then can you try the following?  Create a folder and launch MS Edge with additional parameter: --user-data-dir=<folder-name>

 

If this works, then it confirms that the previously mentioned new policy the team is investigating will help in your scenario.  Unfortunately, there is no ETA for the new policy right now but we will keep an eye out for updates from the team. 

 

Thanks for your patience! 

 

-Kelly

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jdbst56
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Mar 25, 2021
Kelly_Y We confirmed in our testing that --force-on-prem-profile overrides the AAD login attempt and forces the local AD login.

Do you have any timeframe on when the new GPO will be implemented? We cannot implement Edge as our default browser until we can locally roam favorites.

Thanks

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