March 9. 2021 is the day where Edge Legacy will have End-of-Support.
So plan your upgrade today!
Download the Edge browser for your client here
If you use SCCM / MECM – please follow this great blogpost by Anoop C Nair
If you use INTUNE / MEM – please follow this great blogpost by Peter Kalpwijk
When we using Endpoint Manager – here is some great ADMX policies I suggest to use. To give a better experience for the end-user.
| Name | State | Extra |
| Action to take on startup | Enable | Open a list of URLs |
| Browser sign-in settings | Enable | Force users to sign-in to use the browser |
| Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen | Enable | |
| Configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen to block unwanted apps | Enable | |
| Configure the home page URL | Enable | Setup default webpage |
| Control which extensions are installed silently | Enable | Windows Browser Extension: bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml?hl=en-US |
| Default search provider search URL | Enable | If you want Google: {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 | Enable | {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding} |
| Enable favorites bar | Enable | |
| Enable the default search provider | Enable | |
| Force Microsoft Defender SmartScreen checks on downloads from trusted sources | Enable | |
| Force synchronization of browser data and do not show the sync consent prompt | Enable | |
| Show Home button on toolbar | Enable | |
| Sites to open when the browser starts | Enable | List URLs |