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  • August 8, 2024
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I am trying to setup managed favorites in Microsoft edge. can someone share a working plist for managed browsers in edge?

My basic requirement is to have few URLs in managed favorites and then few URLs in folders structure something like this:

url-Microsoft.com

url-Intune.microsoft.com

Jamf(folder)
            url-id.jamf.com

             url-jamfcloud.com

Internal(folder)

            url-abc.com

 

Appreciate your help in advanced.

Best answer by Kalpeshw

I was able to add some links in edge favorites with the help of above shown plist, however links with '&' character are not accepted by JAMF it shows 'XML format is incorrect. Validate the content and fix errors to continue.'

Example, in IT2 URL there is && sign and that was not accepted by JAMF while uploading custom plist
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ManagedFavorites</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>toplevel_name</key>
<string>favourites</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>IT</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://it</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>name</key>
<string>IT2</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://IT2&&</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

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    • Tim_Apple
    • Contributor
    • August 8, 2024

    Here you will find everything you need to know. Just look at the screenshot with the .plist and use com.microsoft.Edge as preference Domain.

     

    https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/microsoft-edge-managedfavorites/m-p/252360

    AJPinto
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    • AJPinto
    • Legendary Contributor
    • August 8, 2024

    Microsoft documents all of Edges policies here Microsoft Edge Browser Policy Documentation | Microsoft Learn. You can also navigate to edge://policy and check the box next to Show policies with no value to see what values you are not managing. This is where I would check for what you can manage.

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    • dmccluskey
    • Valued Contributor
    • August 8, 2024

    this is how the plist should be built.

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    • Kalpeshw
    • Author
    • New Contributor
    • Answer
    • August 12, 2024
    I was able to add some links in edge favorites with the help of above shown plist, however links with '&' character are not accepted by JAMF it shows 'XML format is incorrect. Validate the content and fix errors to continue.'

    Example, in IT2 URL there is && sign and that was not accepted by JAMF while uploading custom plist
     
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
    <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
    <key>ManagedFavorites</key>
    <array>
    <dict>
    <key>toplevel_name</key>
    <string>favourites</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>IT</string>
    <key>url</key>
    <string>https://it</string>
    </dict>
    <dict>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>IT2</string>
    <key>url</key>
    <string>https://IT2&&</string>
    </dict>
    </array>
    </dict>
    </plist>
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    • Kalpeshw
    • Author
    • New Contributor
    • August 14, 2024

    This is known issue in jamf pro

    Workaround -
    Encoding the '&' Character
    You need to encode the & character to its HTML entity equivalent, which is &. However, given the issues with double encoding in Jamf Pro, you might need to use a different approach.

    Example-
    https://mycompany.com/WorkOrder&Temp

    you might need to triple encode the & character to ensure it is handled correctly. For example:
    https://mycompany.com/WorkOrder&amp;Temp

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    • AvaPhillips
    • New Contributor
    • September 10, 2024

    Thank you so much for the link.

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