Group policy is always used by Sys Admin to customize the way a computer should behave. When you install Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome with the on-premise tools you can enforce policies that will guide the use of some of the features on these browsers. What will help with the policy setup is the policy templates provided by Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome, which can be easily installed and updated. You can enforce policies that users cannot modify or deploy default options that users can change or amend. There are two types of policy templates the ADM and ADMX templates. In this article, you will learn how to install Group Policy Templates for Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers on Windows.
The templates show which registry keys you can set to configure your Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. There exist different versions of this template but we will be concentrating on Windows versions in this article.
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Follow the below steps on how to download and install the group policies for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge
Install Group Policy Templates for Google Chrome
The following hyperlink can be used to download Google Chrome Bundle as discussed here.
2. Unzip the downloaded bundle. You will see the policy templates folders adm and admx in the Configuration folder and the documentation in the Documentation folder.
3. Run gpedit.msc in your terminal and navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates.
4. Right-click Administrative Templates, and select Add/Remove Templates.
- Select and Add the chrome.adm.
7: When all these are done, you will see a folder named Classic Administrative Templates (ADM). And under it. You will see Google > Google Chrome. You can apply the policies and wait for some time for the policy to propagate.
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Install GPO Templates for Microsoft Edge
You should use the hyperlink here to download the Microsoft Edge template.
2: Unzip the downloaded file.
3: Run gpedit.msc in your terminal and navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates.
4. Right-click Administrative Templates, and select Add/Remove Templates.
5: Open the Windows folder and select msedge.adm from either the ADM or ADMX folder.
6: When all these are done, you will see a folder named Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) under it. You will see Microsoft Edge. You can apply the policies and wait for some time for the policy to propagate.
Here is a video on how to Install Group Policy Templates for Edge and Chrome browsers on Windows.
I hope you found this blog post on how to install Group Policy Templates for Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers on Windows. Interesting and helpful. In case you have any questions do not hesitate to ask in the comment section.