How to Configure Intune ManagedFavourites for MS Edge

Question

Hi All,

I am hoping you can assist me with figuring out why my Microsoft Edge Managed Bookmarks wont load into MS Edge when being deployed from an Intune policy.

We are running Windows 10 21H1 and Edge Chromium 93.0.961.38. I have created the policy within Endpoint Manager and can see the policy is applying everything (i.e. homepage, show bookmarks bar, restore URL etc.) except the ManagedFavourites element of the policy.

The policy is configured as a 'Device' policy and is set to apply to 'All Devices' and 'All Users' within the organisation. The config I have is below;

[
{
“toplevel_name”: “Company Name”
},
{
“url”: “url-1”,
“name”: “name”
},
{
“url”: “linkedin.com”,
“name”: “LinkedIn”
},
{
“url”: “url-2",
“name”: “name”
},
{
“url”: “portal.office.com”,
“name”: “Office 365”
},
{
“url”: “url-3”,
“name”: “name”
},
{
“url”: “company.sharepoint.com”,
“name”: “Company Sharepoint”
}
]
}
]

I have blanked out some of the URL's for privacy however, none of the URLs specify a http:// or https:// prefix before them, nor do they have a www. either.
Looking online I found where in the registry policy sits and it appears that it has applied at some point however, MS Edge doesn't pick up the managed bookmarks.

Any help would be really appreciated in solving this seemingly easy problem! - LOL

Cheers!

Answer 1

@Jordan Lance Thanks for posting in our Q&A. From your description, did you mean that favorites configurations doesn't work in Edge? If there is anything misunderstanding, feel free to let us know.

For this issue, I have done the test in my lab. The following is my Configure favorites. I deployed it to my device group. And it works fine in my lab.

[  
  {  
    "toplevel_name": "My managed favorites folder"  
  },   
  {  
    "url": "microsoft.com",   
    "name": "Microsoft"  
  },   
  {  
    "url": "bing.com",   
    "name": "Bing"  
  },   
  {  
    "url": "baidu.com",   
    "name": "Baidu"  
  }  
]  

It is suggested to try to check some information:

1. Make sure that the correct format of the configuration.
2. Enter "edge://policy" in Edge to check if the setting is applied successfully.
   

For prefix of URLs, not all URLs can omit prefix. In my test, I omit the prefix of "baidu". When I click on the “baidu” bookmark, it shows that we can't reach this page.

So, I think it is better to enter all the full URLs including prefix.

If there is anything update, feel free to let us know.

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