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Applies to: Configuration Manager (Current Branch)
The all-new Microsoft Edge is ready for business. Starting in Configuration Manager version 1910, you can now deploy Microsoft Edge, version 77 and later to your users. A PowerShell script is used to install the Edge build selected. The script also turns off automatic updates for Edge so they can be managed with Configuration Manager.
Deploy Microsoft Edge
Admins can pick the Beta, Dev, or Stable channel, along with a version of the Microsoft Edge client to deploy. Each release incorporates learnings and improvements from our customers and community.
- Jan 21, 2020 New Microsoft Edge (stable) browser updated to version 79.0.309.71 It has been a week since Microsoft released the Stable version of their new Chromium-based Edge browser. Now the browser has had its second update, taking it to version 79.0.309.71.
- Microsoft edge for non-windows devices. If you live in (or are a business with a principal place of business in) the united states, please read the “binding arbitration and class action waiver” section 2.14 below. It affects how disputes are resolved.
- It Is Now Version 79.0.309.68 (Official build) (64-bit) to see your Current Build number of the New Edge Browser Click on (. ) at the top right hand side of Browser then 'Help And Feedback' then ' About Microsoft Edge' if your browser hasn't upgraded to the New Build already, you will see it update.
- Find out which version of Microsoft Edge you have. Open the new Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more at the top of the window, and then select Settings. Scroll down and select About Microsoft Edge. Note: This topic is for the new Microsoft Edge. Get help for the legacy version of Microsoft Edge.
Prerequisites for deploying
For clients targeted with a Microsoft Edge deployment:
Microsoft Edge 79's release candidate was announced in November during the Microsoft Ignite 2019 event and can be downloaded through the Microsoft Edge Insider Channels. Users who wish to start.
PowerShell Execution Policy can't be set to Restricted.
- PowerShell is executed to perform the installation.
The Microsoft Edge installer and CMPivot are signed with the Microsoft Code Signing certificate. If that certificate isn't listed in the Trusted Publishers store, you'll need to add it. Otherwise, the Microsoft Edge installer and CMPivot won’t run when the PowerShell execution policy is set to AllSigned.
The device running the Configuration Manager console needs access to the following endpoints for deploying Microsoft Edge:
| Location | Use |
|---|---|
https://aka.ms/cmedgeapi | Information about releases of Microsoft Edge |
https://edgeupdates.microsoft.com/api/products?view=enterprise | Information about releases of Microsoft Edge |
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com | Content for Microsoft Edge releases |
Verify Microsoft Edge update policies
Configuration Manager version 1910
In version 1910, when Microsoft Edge is deployed, the installation script turns off automatic updates for Microsoft Edge so they can be managed with Configuration Manager. You can change this behavior using Group Policy. For more information, see Plan your deployment of Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge update policies.
Configuration Manager version 2002 and later
Starting in version 2002, you can create a Microsoft Edge application that's set up to receive automatic updates rather than having automatic updates disabled. This change allows you to choose to manage updates for Microsoft Edge with Configuration Manager or allow Microsoft Edge to automatically update. When creating the application, select Allow Microsoft Edge to automatically update the version of the client on the end user's device on the Microsoft Edge Settings page. If you previously used Group Policy to change this behavior, Group Policy will overwrite the setting made by Configuration Manager during installation of Microsoft Edge.
Create a deployment
Create a Microsoft Edge application using the built-in application experience, which makes Microsoft Edge easier to manage:
In the console, under Software Library, there's a new node called Microsoft Edge Management.
Select Create Microsoft Edge Application from either the ribbon, or by right-clicking on the Microsoft Edge Management node.
On the Application Settings page of the wizard, specify a name, description, and location for the content for the app. Ensure the content location folder you specify is empty.
On the Microsoft Edge Settings page, select:
- The channel to deploy
- The version to deploy
- If you want to Allow Microsoft Edge to automatically update the version of the client on the end user's device (added in version 2002)
On the Deployment page, decide if you want to deploy the application. If you select Yes, you can specify your deployment settings for the application. For more information about deployment settings, see Deploy applications.
In Software Center on the client device, the user can see and install the application.
Log files for deployment
| Location | Log | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Site server | SMSProv.log | Shows details if the creation of the app or deployment fails. |
| Varies | PatchDownloader.log | Shows details if the content download fails |
| Client | AppEnforce.log | Shows installation information |
Update Microsoft Edge
Starting in Configuration Manager version 1910, you'll see a node called All Microsoft Edge updates under Microsoft Edge Management. This node helps you manage updates for all Microsoft Edge channels.
To get updates for Microsoft Edge, ensure you have the Updates classification and the Microsoft Edge product selected for synchronization.
In the Software Library workspace, expand Microsoft Edge Management and click on the All Microsoft Edge Updates node.
If needed, click Synchronize Software Updates in the ribbon to start a synchronization. For more information, see Synchronize software updates.
Manage and deploy Microsoft Edge updates like any other update, such as adding them to your automatic deployment rule. Some of the common updates tasks you can do from the All Microsoft Edge Updates node include:
Microsoft Edge Management dashboard
(Introduced in version 2002)
Starting in Configuration Manager 2002, the Microsoft Edge Management dashboard provides you insights on the usage of Microsoft Edge and other browsers. In this dashboard, you can:
- See how many of your devices have Microsoft Edge installed
- See how many clients have different versions of Microsoft Edge installed.
- This chart doesn't include Canary Channel.
- Have a view of the installed browsers across devices
- Have a view of preferred browser by device
- Currently for the 2002 release, this chart will be empty.
Prerequisites for the dashboard
Enable the following properties in the below hardware inventory classes for the Microsoft Edge Management dashboard:
Installed Software - Asset Intelligence (SMS_InstalledSoftware)
- Software Code
- Product Name
- Product Version
Default Browser (SMS_DefaultBrowser)
- Browser Program ID
Browser Usage (SMS_BrowserUsage)
- BrowserName
- UsagePercentage
View the dashboard
From the Software Library workspace, click Microsoft Edge Management to see the dashboard. Change the collection for the graph data by clicking Browse and choosing another collection. By default your five largest collections are in the drop-down list. When you select a collection that isn't in the list, the newly selected collection takes the bottom spot on your drop-down list.
Known issues
Hardware inventory may fail to process
Hardware inventory for devices might fail to process. Errors similar to the one below may be seen in the Dataldr.log file:
Mitigation: To work around this issue, disable the collection of the Browser Usage (SMS_BrowerUsage) hardware inventory class.
Next steps
Hello.
The new version of Microsoft Edge was released on Jan. 15. This is built on the Chromium engine and the released vesion is 79.0.
We should install new Edge by our hands instead of Microsoft update now. But I heard that current Edge will be updated to new one by Windows update in several manths.
How to get
New Edge is available on not only Windows 10, but also MacOS, android and iOS.
We can get new Edge installer from the web site below for Windows 10 and Mac users. New Edge has new icon. For android users or iPhone users, Google Play and Apple Store provide that.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
Further information about upgrading Edge is here.
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/01/15/upgrading-new-microsoft-edge-79-chromium/
I understood that Edge 79 was provided for users to prepare to switch to new Edge before that will be provided by Windows update. After upgrading, new Edge will be automatically updated on aroud 6 week cycle, that will be like Chrome or Firefox.
References
We can download the installer and get support information here.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
For people who want to know further or newer information, 'Microsoft Edge Insider' will be fit them.
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/
The latest information will be available at 'community' page.
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/community
The developer blog is here.
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/
1) https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/01/15/upgrading-new-microsoft-edge-79-chromium/
2) https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/04/08/microsoft-edge-preview-channel-details/
3) https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/07/16/microsoft-edge-enterprise-evaluation-roadmap/
What will be changed.
New Edge will be upgraded on around 6 week cycle like Chrome or Firefox and this update is independent of Windows update. There are 4 update channels. The stable with 6 week cycle, the beta with 6 week cycle but newer version than stable, the DEV with every week and the CAN(Cannary) with every night. 1), 2)
Thanks to Choromium engine, new Edge can render web pages as same as Chome and boost the imprementation of HTML5 features and supporting developments of browser extentions. Firefox and Chrome have released new features (e.g. blocking user tracking by website, improving user password protection, imprimenting HTML5 features and so on) in short cycle. Additionaly, the user community have developed a lot of extensions with published browser API and documents. In the other hand, Edge looked steady even though Windows keeps IE11.
Microsoft Edge Download Version 79
New Edge is considered to be used in enterprize. Acording to the article 3), administrators can controll updating of Edge. In addition, new Edge has (will have ?) IE 11 conpatible mode.
User Agent
I captured the HTTP_USER_AGENT of new Edge by every OS. Windows or MacOS versions are identified by 'Edg/', Android version 'EdgA/' and iOS or iPadOS versions 'EdgiOS/'.
Windows 10
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.130 Safari/537.36 Edg/79.0.309.71
Android
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.0.0; SO-04H) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 EdgA/44.11.4.4122
MacOS
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/79.0.3945.130 Safari/537.36 Edg/79.0.309.71
iOS
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 13_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0 EdgiOS/44.11.15 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1.15
Microsoft Edge Problems
iPad OS
Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 13_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0 EdgiOS/44.11.15 Mobile/15E148 Safari/605.1.15
Microsoft Edge 79 Wsus
For WebClass users
Microsoft Edge 79 Stable
We found nothing of problem to use WebClass with it.