Let’s discuss Enable or Disable Favorites Bar Policy in MS Edge Browser using Intune. Microsoft Intune allows the users to enable or disable Favorite Bar in Microsoft Edge using Settings Catalog Policy. Favorite Bar is one of the user friendly feature on Microsoft Edge Browser.
As you know, the Favorites Bar in Microsoft Edge is a horizontal toolbar that appears below the address bar and allow users to quickly access to their most frequently used bookmarks (called “favorites” in Microsoft Edge).
An organization has many benefits to configure this policy. This feature helps to Speeding up access to important sites like email, intranet portals, or research tools. We have a already a post to configure Favorites Bar Policy in Microsoft 365 admin center.
This policy improves your productivity by makes the critical help desks internal portal always visible to users. In this blog post I will explain more about this policy and how to configure this policy using Intune.
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Enable or Disable Favorites Bar Policy in MS Edge Browser using Intune
To start the policy creation, open the Intune portal. Using simple steps you can easily complete the policy creation. Open the Intune admin center go to devices > configuration > + Create > New policy.
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After that you will get create a profile window. From this window you have to select platform and profile type. First of all you select platform, then only you can select profile type. Select Windows 10 and later as platform and select settings catalog as profile type. Click on the create button.
Basic Tab for Beginning Policy Creation
Basic tab is the beginning stage of policy creation on this tab you have to give a name for the policy that you want to create the name field is mandatory. Without giving a name you can’t create policy on the basic tab you can also give the description for the policy the description not compulsory. Click on the next button.
On the configuration tab you can select specific policy settings to manage your organization’s devices. On this page click on the + add settings hyperlink. Then you will get settings picker that will shows different types of categories to select specific settings. Here I search favorites bar on the search box and select Microsoft Edge Category.
- Select Enables Favorites bar settings
- Then close the Settings Picker
On the configuration settings page you can see the selected settings. The default value of Enables Favorites bar settings is disabled. If you want to keep the disabled settings click on the create button.
Here I would like to enabled this policy so I select the enabled value by toggle the pane to the left side. If you enable this policy, users will see the favorites bar. Look at the below screenshot.
Scope Tag for Favorites Bar Policy
Next section is the scope tag and which is not a compulsory step here I skip the section and click on the next button.
Assigned Group for Favorites Bar Settings
The assignment tab is the crucial step that determine which are the groups can be selected to assign the policy. You can select multiple groups to assign the policy. Here I select 1 group to assign Favorites bar policy.
- Click on the +Add groups option under Included groups
- Select the group from the next page and click on the Select button
- Then the selected group will shown on the Assignment Tab
- Click on the Next button
Finalize the Policy
Review + Create tab is the final stage of policy creation on this tab you can verify each and every details of policy which are added on the previous steps (basic configuration settings scope tag assignment s etc). If you want to make any changes click on the previous button otherwise you can click on the create button.
Monitoring Status of Favorites Bar Policy
To view a policy’s status, go to Devices > Configuration in the Intune portal, select the policy (like Enable or Disable Favorites Bar), and check that the status shows Succeeded (1). Use manual sync in the Company Portal to speed up the process.
Client Side Verification through Event Viewer
The Event Viewer on the client device. Go to Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Device Management > Enterprise Diagnostic Provider > Admin. From the list of policies, use the Filter Current Log option and search for Intune event 814.
| Event ID Details |
|---|
| MDM PolicyManager: Set policy string, Policy: (FavoritesBarEnabled), Area: (microsoft_edge~Policy~microsoft_edge), EnrollmentID requesting merge: (EB427D85-802F-46D9- A3E2-D5B414587F63), Current User: (Device), String: (), Enrollment Type: (0x6), Scope: (0x0). |
How to Remove Assigned Groups from Favorites Bar Policy
Sometimes, we need to remove a group from a policy assignment for security updates. The following image shows the process of unassigning a group. Click Review + Save after making the change.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – Learn How to Delete or Remove App Assignment from Intune using by Step-by-Step Guide
How to Delete Favorites Bar Policy in Intune
To delete an Intune policy for security or operational reasons. There is a simple to do it. I will demonstrate how to delete an Intune policy through Favorites Bar Setting policy.
For detailed information, you can refer to our previous post – How to Delete Allow Clipboard History Policy in Intune Step by Step Guide.
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.