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Don’t consider this in any way finished, I had a spare couple of hours after the Formula 1 and have been meaning to check this out for a while! Jotting notes for a future, polished post. This was mainly for Nathan McNulty, who I’m sure will do much better with this information than I have here. Plus I finally had an excuse to look. What’s App Settings? This is one of Apple’s new pieces of funcitonality in macOS 27. If you’ve been poking around Intune or looked at any comments for it, it looks remarkably similar to NorthPoleSec’s Santa. Anyone managing allowed apps on macOS are likely already looking at this. ...

Configure the basics and keep things on track Previously, I mentioned why you should consider Edge. There are some easy settings you can apply with Microsoft Intune to make Edge a breeze for your end users while improving basic security hygiene at the same time - a win-win! We can also block selected alternative browsers using AppLocker. Let’s not be afraid to enforce some order This Settings Catalog profile will configure the minimum to make Edge a seamless experience for your staff. For ease, I’ve uploaded a Settings Catalog template you can import into Intune. It contains all the settings below, but you should still check your existing policies for conflicts before deployment. The template doesn’t include the AppLocker settings. ...

Seriously, stop ignoring Edge Internet Explorer and the first iteration of Microsoft Edge had a lot of problems. This damaged image that these programs generated carried over to the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge. Chromium. If you think that sounds very close to Chrome, that’s because that’s intentional. Google’s Chrome browser, along with the majority of other browsers, are based on the Chromium project. The feature set between the two browsers is almost identical when it comes to their core browsing functionality. Edge takes Chromium and enhances it by bundling a lot of native Microsoft 365 functionality. ...