Deploy and manage Custom Edge Favorites using Intune

In this blog post, we will learn the steps to deploy and manage Custom Edge Favorites using the Microsoft Intune admin center. Let’s check the steps:

Step 1 – Create a Text file with your Custom Bookmarks

The first step is to create favorites in the following format. You can customize it as per your requirements to include Intranet Pages or Internal Web Portal URLs.

The following favorites text format will be used when you create a Device Configuration profile to configure Favorites for Microsoft Edge. Please ensure the URL and name are in quotes. You can simply copy the below text and modify it as per your requirement.

Change the toplevel_name value to change the Root Level Folder Name that will contain all the favorites.

[
  {
    "toplevel_name": "TechPress Bookmarks"
  }, 
  {
    "url": "techpress.net", 
    "name": "TechPress"
  }, 
  {
    "url": "https://www.office.com", 
    "name": "Office"
  }, 
  {
    "name": "Social", 
    "children": [
      {
      	"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/techpress-it", 
        "name": "TechPress LinkedIn"
        
      }, 
      {
	"url": "https://twitter.com/TechPress_IT", 
        "name": "TechPress Twitter"
        
      }
    ]
  }
]

Step 2 – Deploy Custom Favorites

  • Sign in to the Intune admin center
  • Click on Devices > Configuration Profiles > Create Profile.
  • Platform: Windows 10 and later
  • Profile type: Templates > Administrative Templates.
  • Click on Create.

Basics Tab

Provide a Name and Description of the profile and Click Next.

Configuration settings

  • Click on Computer Configuration on the left-hand side.
  • Select Configure Favorites > Select Enabled.
  • Copy and Paste the Bookmarks Text File we created in Step 1 in to the Configure favorites text box.

Scope Tab

Leave Default.

Assignments Tab

Assign this profile to an Entra security group containing users or devices. If you add users to the group, then the profile will get applied even if a user changes their device. But if you want to apply this profile to specific devices only then target this profile to an Entra security group containing devices only.

Review + Create

Review the deployment Summary and click on Create button.

Sync Intune Policies

The device check-in process might not begin immediately. If you’re testing this policy on a test device, you can manually kickstart the Intune sync either from the device itself or remotely through the Intune admin center.

Alternatively, you can use PowerShell to force the Intune sync on Windows devices. Another way to trigger the Intune device check-in process is by restarting the device.

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