Using Google Chrome Built-in ADMX settings in Intune for Windows 10 and later

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Back in December 2020, I had blogged about leveraging Google Chrome's CSP settings to configure Google chrome browser configuration on Windows 10 devices. As of March 2022, using this ADMX backed CSP for Google Chrome is no longer required because now Microsoft have added the ADMX as an admin template in the Device Configuration profile in Intune. Strangely, as of writing this blog, the ADMX has not been added in Settings Catalog as yet, but atleast it is good to know that now the Google Chrome settings can be deployed natively using Intune.

<Update 26.03.2022 - Google Chrome ADMX settings are now available in Settings Catalog. Keep reading to check the configuration later in the blog.>

Administrative Template Settings in Intune

1. Navigate to Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin console.
2. Under Devices -> Windows -> Configuration profiles -> Create profile.
3. Under Platform, select Windows 10 & later.
4. Under Profile types, select Templates -> Administrative Templates.
5. Give a name.
6. Next step is to look for relevant Google settings. You can either go under each folder or search for Google and configure the necessary settings. 

Action on startup - Enabled - Open a list of URLs

Show Home button on toolbar - Enabled 

URLs to open on startup - Enabled - https://rahuljindal85liveco.sharepoint.com/

Default search provider new tab page URL - Enabled - https://www.google.com

Managed Bookmarks - Enabled - [ { "toplevel_name": "MDM LAB" }, { "url": "https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com", "name": "Modern Device Management" }, { "url": "https://rahuljindal85liveco.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/sharepoint.aspx?", "name": "MDM LAB - Sharepoint" }, { "url": "https://rahuljindal85liveco-my.sharepoint.com", "name": "Files - OneDrive" }, { "url": "https://www.office.com", "name": "Microsoft Office Home" } ]

Default search provider search URL - Enabled - '{google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}'

Set the time period for update notifications - Enabled - 3600000

Enable Bookmark Bar - Enabled

Configure the home page URL - Enabled - https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/

Default search provider suggest URL - Enabled - '{google:baseURL}complete/search?output=chrome&q={searchTerms}'

Default search provider name - Enabled - Google

Use New Tab Page as homepage - Enabled

Enable the default search provider - Enabled

7. Assign to device or user based group. 

Settings Catalog settings in Intune

1. Navigate to Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin console.
2. Under Devices -> Windows -> Configuration profiles -> Create profile.
3. Under Platform, select Windows 10 & later.
4. Under Profile types, select Templates -> Settings Catalog.
5. Give a name.
6. Next step is to look for relevant Google settings. You can either go under each folder or search for Google and configure the necessary settings. 

End Result

Bookmark, homepage are configured.

Chrome://policy will list all the managed policies.


Startup is configured.


If you are deploying user settings then you can validate for Chrome settings under HKCU\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome. For Computer settings, the same will show up under HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome.


If you have deployed via Settings Catalog, then you can click on View Report against the policy to bring up the compliance status against each setting.


Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 17, 2022 at 10:00 AM

    I followed these exact instructions and bookmarks don't seem to show.

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    1. Rahul JindalAugust 18, 2022 at 10:52 PM

      Normally this can happen if the syntax for the bookmarks isn't correct.

      Delete
  2. HumbertoMarch 21, 2023 at 5:18 PM

    Do you know if a certain version of Windows needs to be installed to have the proper ADMX feed on the local machine?

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