Microsoft Edge Multiple Statup Pages (via GPO)
Microsoft Edge KB ID 0001818 Problem Controlling Microsoft Edge with Group Policy is pretty straight forward, you just need to ensure the msedge.admx and msedgeupdates.admx files have been added to your policy definitions store in the right folders. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, see the following article. Microsoft Edge on Server 2019/2016 (and Citrix) Then you can deploy group policies to your...
Edge View Certificate Information
Edge View Certificate Information KB ID 0001815 Problem Not sure why, but I spend a large amount of time working on certificate problems, being asked questions about certificates, or fixing certificate problems. For certs that are web presented, back in the days of IE I could simply do this. For those sniggering at my IE use – I typically work on client’s sites where I can’t go round installing browsers that are not terrible!...
Microsoft Edge on Server 2019/2016 (and Citrix)
KB ID 0001657 Problem In a fit of lunacy Microsoft have called ‘their’ new browser Microsoft Edge, so we can spend the next few months confusing it with Edge. Plus every Google search for GPO settings, error messages etc will all now show search results for the old Edge Browser not the new Microsoft Edge browser! Perhaps the same doofus at Microsoft who called the Exchange sync Active Sync when Microsoft already had a...
Outlook URL Shortening?
KB ID 0001735 Problem Outlook URL: I first noticed this a few weeks ago, When copying and pasting a URL into an email it shortens the URL and gives it the pages title. At first i thought my firms Devs had changed the way our CRM works, but then I noticed it happening with SharePoint URLs as well, this is what I mean; I don’t have a problem with it, in fact I much prefer it! However I got an email this morning from someone...
Microsoft Edge (macOS) Migrate Bookmarks from Safari
KB ID 0001641 Problem So now theres a version of Microsoft Edge for macOS! Normally I would not bother, but I spend a lot of time in SharePoint and Azure so I thought, rather than my usual approach of playing ‘Browser Roulette’ I’d try Microsoft Edge and see what it was like. My usual browser of choice is Safari, but the install wizard defaults to wanting to import bookmarks / favourites* from Chrome. (I do also have...