Microsoft Edge Home Page URL via Intune

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Microsoft Edge Home Page URL via Intune

Delroy McKenzie (IT Services) 26

Hi All,

Has anyone successfully configured their Microsoft Edge Home Page URL settings using Intune Device Configuration Profile > Administrative Templates ?

Have been looking into this 'issue' for a while now, and have tried every combination of settings, guided by assistance from Intune Support - No Joy.

Is this 'broken' if so are there any workarounds ?

I'm deploying the configuration as part of Windows Autopilot deployment, Azure AD joined only.

Thanks

Crystal-MSFT 53,986 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2020-08-28T02:22:35.917+00:00

How are things going? Did we try the settings we provided in previous reply? if there's anything else we can help, feel free to let us know.
Ross Lyons 36 Reputation points

2021-08-23T11:31:43.96+00:00

Hi @Crystal-MSFT ,

I know this is an old thread but came across it when looking for an issue I am having.

We have configured our policies to set the "home page URL" to our intranet site and to enforce the home button to be shown on the address bar.
We can confirm these settings are in place when going to the "Edge://Policy" page.

This is not using the policy where it says "User can override", as we want this enforced.

Sadly, when investigating why the policy isn't working the default behaviour for the home button appears to be the new tab page. I cannot find anywhere a policy to force the home button to use the defined URL.

Can you please advise?

Much appreciated,
Ross
Ross Lyons 36 Reputation points

2021-09-28T08:53:24.89+00:00

For anyone else coming across this and struggling to get it to work with the home button Microsoft have acknowledge the policy isn't working as expected.
They are currently investigating and I will reply here when resolved for completeness.
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Crystal-MSFT 53,986 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2020-08-28T02:22:35.917+00:00

How are things going? Did we try the settings we provided in previous reply? if there's anything else we can help, feel free to let us know.
Ross Lyons 36 Reputation points

2021-08-23T11:31:43.96+00:00

Hi @Crystal-MSFT ,

I know this is an old thread but came across it when looking for an issue I am having.

We have configured our policies to set the "home page URL" to our intranet site and to enforce the home button to be shown on the address bar.
We can confirm these settings are in place when going to the "Edge://Policy" page.

This is not using the policy where it says "User can override", as we want this enforced.

Sadly, when investigating why the policy isn't working the default behaviour for the home button appears to be the new tab page. I cannot find anywhere a policy to force the home button to use the defined URL.

Can you please advise?

Much appreciated,
Ross
Ross Lyons 36 Reputation points

2021-09-28T08:53:24.89+00:00

For anyone else coming across this and struggling to get it to work with the home button Microsoft have acknowledge the policy isn't working as expected.
They are currently investigating and I will reply here when resolved for completeness.
Deleted

This comment has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The comment was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.

Answer 1

Hi,

Based on my test, we can use the following method to set the Microsoft Edge Home Page URL.

Configure Device configuration profile with the following settings:
Assign to user, sync the policy on client side, check on Edge to make sure the policy is received by entering "edge://policy". We can find that the home button is there and when we click it, it will reach to the URL we configured.

Meanwhile, I also test to set the startup page via the following policies:. And the URL will display when I open new Edge.

Hope it can help.

If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer" and upvote it.

Answer 2

Mikkel Lund Knudsen 116

I know this thread is from 2020 - but in 2022 - use Configuration Profile and Settings Catalog.

Then define these settings :

Set the new tab page as the home page - Disabled
Configure the home page URL - Enabled
Home page URL (Device) - https://google.com

BerganTech 5 Reputation points

2025-05-21T08:22:32.5566667+00:00

Thank you. Disabling "Set the new tab page as the home page" was the one thing I was missing

Answer 3

85331515 16

Hi Crystal, thank you for providing excellent instructions! However, we have users who use the personal profile, and this seems to set that page as well. Anyway to adjust so it only sets the work profile?

Thanks!

Crystal-MSFT 53,986 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-06-11T02:27:22.923+00:00

anonymous user， From your description, it seem this is an Android device. For the above steps I provided, it is for Windows. For Android device, based on my research, we can try to configure app configuration policy to see if it can accomplish what we want. Here is a link for the reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/manage-microsoft-edge#homepage-shortcut

However, if it is not working, to avoid thread confusion. we appreciate your help to create a new thread to troubleshoot on this.

Thanks for your understanding and have a nice day!
85331515 16 Reputation points

2021-06-11T13:36:57.967+00:00

Hi Crystal, this is actually for Windows 10 devices, not Android. I can make a new thread, however, it is relevant to this particular issue and solution.

So I have set a Device Configuration Profile for Windows 10>below are my settings:

Sites to open when the browser starts
Enabled
Action to take on startup
Enabled
Prevent Desktop Shortcut creation upon install default
Enabled
Allow installation
Enabled
Configure the home page URL
Enabled
Show Home button on toolbar
Enabled
Update policy override default
Enabled

It works flawlessly however, I am hoping to keep the personal and work profiles seperate, but if thats not possible, that is OK.

Thanks again for your help and quick response!
Crystal-MSFT 53,986 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-06-15T06:36:37.097+00:00

anonymous user，Thanks for the response. From your description, I know our issue is that the setting will apply to Edge on both personal profile and work profile. Sorry for the misunderstanding before.

I have tried to test in my environment and find the same phenomenon as yours. So I think currently it only apply to Edge without separating Edge profiles. For our request, I would recommend to feedback on Intune uservoice to see if we can add this new feature.
https://microsoftintune.uservoice.com/forums/291681-ideas

Thanks for the understanding and have a nice day.

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