What’s changing
The Microsoft Edge administrative templates surfaced in the Windows settings catalog have been refreshed. The update expands the list of Edge policies available to administrators, so you can shape the browser experience for your organisation without falling back on imported ADMX files or manual registry work.
What’s included
The refreshed templates add policy settings that cover several common areas of browser configuration:
- Controlling app and site permissions
- Managing which search engines are available or set as default
- Restricting access to selected Edge features
Why it matters
Because these settings live in the settings catalog, they are configured the same way as any other Windows policy in your configuration profiles. That keeps browser configuration alongside the rest of your endpoint baseline and reduces the need to maintain separate template imports.
What to do next
Review the Edge-related settings in the Windows settings catalog and compare them against your existing browser policies. Where a new setting duplicates something you already deliver through an imported ADMX or a legacy method, decide on a single source of truth to avoid conflicting configurations. As always, pilot changes with a small test group before broad deployment, and confirm the resulting behaviour in Edge on a managed device.
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