Intune - Microsoft Edge browser settings & extensions

In this blog I will cover some of the settings of Microsoft Edge browser configured using built in administrative templates in Intune. Using Intune to manage and enforce policies is equivalent to using Active Directory Group Policy or configuring local Group Policy Object (GPO) settings on user devices.

For a complete list of Microsoft edge policies, you can check the link here.

Let’s begin

1.     Sign-in to the https://endpoint.microsoft.com

2.     Browse to Devices – Windows – Configuration profiles

3.     Click Create Profile

4.     Choose Windows 10 and later as Platform

5.     Choose Administrative Templates as Profile type

6.     Click Create

7.     Give a name

8.     Use the search field ("Search to filter items ...") to find a specific setting you want to configure as shown below.

Configure the home page URL

 

 Enable the default search provider

 

 Hide the First-run experience and splash screen

 

Default search provider URL for suggestions

 

Sites to open when the browser starts - (This policy only works if you also set the RestoreOnStartup policy to 'Open a list of URLs' (4). This is enabled against setting Action to take on startup covered later in this blog.)

 

 Default search provider search URL

 

 Configure the new tab page URL

 

 Enable search suggestions

 

 Default search provider name

 

 Configure favorites

 

 Here is a sample. Be mindful of the syntax.

[   {     "toplevel_name": "<Give any name here>"   },    {     "url": "https://rahuljindal.crm4.dynamics.com/main.aspx?appid=a307739a-64b0-44c7-9444-ee45b157db14",      "name": " News"   },    {     "url": "https://www.cloud.co.uk/portal/",      "name": "Portal"   },    {     "url": "https://rahuljindal.sharepoint.com/corporate/Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx",      "name": "Corporate Documents - All Documents"   },    {     "url":  "https://rahuljindal-my.sharepoint.com",      "name": "Files - OneDrive"   },    {     "url": "https://www.rahuljindal.net/ContentBuilder/DisplayPage.aspx?PageType=PUB&DataId=DA000006&Rnd=725206941",       "name": "Test"   },    {     "url": "https://www.office.com",       "name": "Microsoft Office Home"   },    {     "url": "https://sts.rahuljindal.come/adfs/portal/updatepassword",      "name": "Update Password"   } ]

 

Action to take on startup

 

 Enable favorites bar

 

Control which extensions are installed silently – (In order to get the relevant extension, you can get the ids from Microsoft Store and for Google from Chrome Store.)

Example – I wanted to add 1Password extension. Note the app id shown in the url below.

For a Chrome store extension, add the extension ID followed by the update URL (https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx), separated by a semi colon.

 

End Result

The edge browser will report as managed.

Settings will come into effect as shown below for Homepage, favorites.

Extension added before as part of the settings, will automatically get added in the extension section of the browser.