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ToMMeR
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Aug 02, 2019

Policy needed: "Go to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar"

For enterprise a policy like the one in IE called "Go to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar" is very needed. As an enterprise we have a lot of intranet sites and services usi...
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  • JaredB81's avatar
    JaredB81
    Aug 14, 2019

    Thank you, ToMMeR, stesch79 and paf_skov for your feedback.  I can appreciate those circumstances and your request.


    We will look into adding a policy to make single-word queries navigate and I'll follow up on this thread with an update as soon as I have one.

    Thanks again for giving us this important feedback and for describing your specific scenarios! It helps!

    Jared

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Aaron Roma
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JaredB81 

Do you know what version of the admin templates this new policy is available in?  I just now downloaded the latest published, and I can't find that policy.  

 

The one downloaded shows:

MAJOR=78
MINOR=0
BUILD=249
PATCH=1

AngelPRU's avatar
AngelPRU
Brass Contributor
Aug 30, 2019

Aaron Roma 

 

Same here, downloaded latest DEV policy ADMX files, don't see the referenced policy setting.

 

  • JaredB81's avatar
    JaredB81
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    Aug 30, 2019

    Thanks Aaron Roma and AngelPRU,

     

    I will look into it and report back.

     

    Jared

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      JaredB81
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      Aug 30, 2019

      Quick update. My suspicion upon reading Aaron Roma's response was that the published ADMX files are for Dev channel and above only, however this policy has not been published to the Dev channel yet (currently, it's only available in Canary). 

       

      I was able to confirm that a few moments ago.  Unfortunately, this means testing will have to wait until the next Dev channel build and its accompanying ADMX update. 

       

      Please be on the lookout for those updates at some point next week (barring any unexpected issues). I apologize for the delay and I look forward to your feedback once you're able to test this.

      • JaredB81's avatar
        JaredB81
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        Sep 04, 2019

        Update: The latest Dev build is out and its accompanying Dev policy file contains GoToIntranetSiteForSingleWordEntryInAddressBar, so this policy is ready for you to try out. 

        Using gpedit.msc, you can find the policy under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge and it's Setting title reads, "Forces direct intranet site navigation instead of searching on single word entries in the Address Bar".

        Now that you're able to test this, please test this out in your environments and let us know if this meets your needs.

         

        I'm particularly interested in feedback on the following:

        1. Does this policy satisfy the requirement originally stated in this thread?  If not, how can we improve it?
        2. How does this policy interact with the other policies you enforce (for example, if you disable the default search provider or if you force deletion of history on exit as  described).
        3. How your organization members respond to having this policy applied when they attempt to search for single-word entries or navigate to external websites with single-word domains (in environments where the default search provider is permitted and firewalls permit access to such domains).

        Of course, I'd love to hear any other feedback you have related to this policy as well.

        Thank you and hopefully this works for you this time 🙂

        Jared

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