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Setting Google as Default Search Provider (Group Policy)
Hello,
I am testing the new Edge browser (I love it btw). Setting IE mode for specific websites and all kinds of other things and its working out great so far. I've noticed that for some reason it completely ignores USER Group Policies so for now I am setting everything under COMPUTER. My issue is that I am trying to make it so that when you search from the address bar or the Office 365 experience new tab page it uses Google instead? I have all these policies and it's not working.
Any idea's as to what I am doing wrong/missing here?
WC_KStill For chrome the formula would have been (if you're using Encrypted):
https://encrypted.google.com/search?{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q={searchTerms}If you're changing from Google Chome, to MS Edge (Chromium), why not just do a 'force settings import' (Unless you've done a User Data Directory redirect, which causes that data import to fail for Chrome) and allow the system do just import the user's prior settings? (i.e. Is there a corporate/agency requirement to force a specific search engine?)Are you talking about the default provider url gpo?
Looks like you edited your reply and added a question -
I already have it automatically import chrome settings. That isn't the issue. As far as Google as our Default Search provider - we have had it like that for years. Our users throw a fit every time we change anything. We spoke to department managers and they all agreed they wanted Google so we decided to stick with Google but I cannot go live with this project before I figure this out. When I was originally looking at the GPO's (screenshot I provided above). It seemed really easy for me to set the default search provider but its not working so project is on hold until I can figure it out.
WC_KStill Yep, the policies respond to chromium.
If I'm reading your GPO correctly, you're not following the example value for the default search engine:
You don't have the actual URL, just the search value.
Start by pulling out the Image Search GPO components, and the 'Suggested Search' drop the number of search components to this and then try it again.
That keeps the search and scrolling on the new tab page working.
I just realized I forgot to drag my test account into the same OU... uhh ill do that Monday. But I still need to figure out how to get the Search Bar to be google instead of bing.
Does it have anything to do with the O365 experience thing? If I change it to something different will it fix itself?
- I forgot to mention: when using GPO's with users you have to give "authenticated users" read permissions on the gpo, did you do that?
- Don't the users have read permissions by default? I have over 100 GPOs already. They all work fine
WC_KStill mmm we had this issue when using older gpo's from the Windows 7 era, they did not. And you have lots of that do work.
We have the Edge settings on user OU's and have no problem, with authenticated users in the security filtering, if you have a group there of separate accounts, then you have to add authenticated users .
WC_KStill are you aware that you cannot use Google to search in your Office 365 tenant? We decided to let the users to make their own mind up since the GPO's have not yet the possibility to set a preference, and changing things to Google cripples the usefulness of Edge with Office365.
- What about just doing Google search from the address bar?
- Open the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc) and switch to editing an existing policy or creating a new one.
- Navigate to <Computer/Computer Configuration>\Administrative Templates\Classic Administrative Templates (ADM)\Microsoft Edge\Default search provider.
Default Search Provider Name: GoogleDefault Search Provider Search URL: {google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}
Default Search Provider URL for Suggestions: {google:baseURL}complete/search?output=chrome&q={searchTerms}
Enable the default search provider: Enabled
Parameters for an image URL that uses POST: encoded_image={google:imageThumbnail},image_url={google:imageURL},sbisrc={google:imageSearchSource},original_width={google:imageOriginalWidth},original_height={google:imageOriginalHeight}
Specifies the search-by-image feature for the default search provider: {google:baseURL}searchbyimage/upload
Configure the new tab page search box experience:
Address bar
