Jun 19 2020 08:45 AM - edited Dec 18 2020 09:51 AM
@MissyQ Any update on the fix for this?
I have 85,000 hospital computers we want to switch from IE to Chromium Edge. However, this bug is still outstanding.
When we set the New Tab Page Location is the Home Page URL we want users to be ABLE to change it. Instead it is enforced.
When you set the NEW TAB Page Location URL in GPO - Default Recommended, it Enforces it so users cannot change it?
That is NOT the point of Recommended. It should only be "let users change but set by default".
Jun 24 2020 10:51 AM
We can also confirm that these "Recommended" policies are being applied as "Mandatory".
This is even the case with build 83.0.478.56.
Nov 11 2020 12:07 AM
@DPSmith We have the same problem with Edge 86.0.622.63
Dec 01 2020 12:11 AM
Dec 18 2020 09:48 AM - edited Dec 18 2020 09:52 AM
Dec 18 2020 10:25 AM
@lforbes Hey, Lara! Thanks for the friendly ping on this. I've moved this thread to the Enterprise section of our forums and reached out to @Kelly_Y for follow up.
Typically, it's best to report bugs through support options that we have available. In the case for bugs with Insider channels, you can reach out to our Insider Support team; they are small and specialize in handling both Insider and Enterprise inquiries, and can help out much faster than those of us on the team can. My team is also a very small team (there's only 3 of us across several different platforms), and things like this can get missed sometimes. I truly do appreciate the poke to resurface this, though, and Kelly should be able to help you out further. :)
Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Dec 18 2020 12:06 PM
Thanks, @MissyQ !
Hi @lforbes - Thanks for reaching out! It is the expected behavior for the NewTabPageLocation Policy to function as mandatory when setting to recommended. The documentation (Microsoft Edge Browser Policy Documentation | Microsoft Docs) for the policy has been updated.
Please let us know if you have any other questions!
-Kelly
Dec 22 2020 03:31 PM
Hi Kelly,
Thanks for pointing out the documentation has been updated for this policy. It looks like there is more than one thread for this issue:
Users not allowed to change Recommenced Policy - Microsoft Tech Community
The wording of the documentation ("currently") makes it sound like this is still a temporary bug that will be fixed eventually. I have a few vocal users that would love to change their new tab page to something other than what I'm setting in policy. Even if there's no ETA, is a fix for this still in the works?
Andrew
Dec 22 2020 03:45 PM
@AndrewSAIF Hi Andrew! I will check with the team if there are any future plans to change the behavior, though it might be after the holidays before I can get some information. We'll follow up if we can get any insights. Thanks!
-Kelly
Jan 15 2021 11:38 AM
Hi Kelly, just wondering if there was any update on this issue yet, looks like this issue has come up in a number of different places:
Users not allowed to change Recommenced Policy - Microsoft Tech Community
Policy - User Override - Configure the new tab page URL - not working - Microsoft Community
And probably more, I didn't look very hard.
I want to be able to provide my Org a default and recommended setting, but allow them to change it if their needs are different. This must be possible since all of the other "users can override" options seem to work just fine!
Thanks.
Apr 17 2021 03:11 PM
Apr 21 2021 04:05 PM
Hi Everyone! Just wanted to reach out and let you know the team is currently investigating additional on startup capabilities. This would allow users to have more flexibility and hopefully address some of your concerns. Currently there is no ETA but it is something on our roadmap. Thanks!
-Kelly
Oct 03 2021 06:02 PM
May 12 2022 10:53 AM
@lforbes @Kelly_Y ...so it's been nearly two years since this bug was reported.
Why is this taking so long to address?
Forcing people to use the Microsoft Feed in the absence of a GPO value (which is not changeable by the end-user anyway) is terrible customer service. Can we please get this to work so that end-users can update this value from a default value?
May 12 2022 10:56 AM
May 15 2022 06:59 PM
May 19 2022 09:35 AM - edited May 20 2022 01:38 AM
Just done some testing on this and as far as I can see all this works.I Have enforced home page, new tab page both to intranet. I have enforced behaviour on start-up to be "open list of pages" and I have added a list of pages into the "Micrsosoft edge - default settings (users can override)" section of GP settings.seems to work fine.What I want to do though is to enforce the ones in the list but allow users to add more if they so wished.
May 19 2022 09:55 AM
@ShepEd Just to be clear, we "can" set the location of the new tab page's URL via GPO. What's missing is the ability for the end-user to alter our initial default and set the new tab page to whatever they'd prefer.
May 20 2022 01:38 AM - edited May 20 2022 01:39 AM
My bad... sorry. I am trying to achieve something similar but subtly different and applied my thinking to this issue. yep I see your point. sorry for confusion. Hope this gets sorted for you all soon!
Jan 24 2023 04:00 PM