[insider preview] New Microsoft Edge Group Policies and MDM settings

[Arthur]

Lots of new policies in build 17718 including the ability to prevent users turning off required extensions like Impero.

 

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/new-policies

 

The Microsoft Edge team introduces new Group Policies and MDM Settings for the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17718. The new policies allow IT administrators to enable/disable full-screen mode, printing, favorites bar, saving history. You can also prevent certificate error overrides, and configure New tab page, Home button and startup options, as well as manage extensions.

 

You can find the Microsoft Edge Group Policy settings in the following location of the Group Policy Editor:

 

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Edge\

 

• Allow fullscreen mode
  
• Allow Microsoft Edge to start and load the Start and New Tab page at Windows startup and each time Microsoft Edge is closed
  
• Allow Prelaunch
  
• Allow printing
  
• Allow Saving History
  
• Allow sideloading of Extensions
  
• Configure collection of browsing data for Microsoft 365 Analytics
  
• Configure Favorites Bar
  
• Configure Home Button
  
• Configure kiosk mode
  
• Configure kiosk reset after idle timeout
  
• Configure Open Microsoft Edge With
  
• Prevent certificate error overrides
  
• Prevent turning off required extensions
  
• Prevent users from turning on browser syncing
  
• Set Home button URL
  
• Set New Tab page URL
  
• (Modified) Show message when opening sites in Internet Explorer
  
• Unlock Home button
  

In addition to the new group policies, we added a couple of new MDM policies to align with the existing group policy counterpart.

 

• Experience/DoNotSyncBrowserSetting
  
• Browser/AllowWebContentOnNewTabPage
  

We are also deprecating the Configure Favorites group policy because no MDM equivalent existed. Use the Provision Favorites in place of Configure Favorites.

 

[Mic_Impero]

A quick confirmation from me that we're working with this and testing it.

Mic @ Impero