{"id":237,"date":"2022-04-13T00:28:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banfi.co.uk\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2022-04-13T00:28:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:28:17","slug":"internet-explorer-is-dead-long-live-internet-explorer-compatibility-mode-in-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banfi.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/internet-explorer-is-dead-long-live-internet-explorer-compatibility-mode-in-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Explorer is Dead – Long live Internet Explorer Compatibility mode in Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Background<\/strong>
Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer mode will replace the Internet Explorer 11 desktop app, which will be retired on June 15, 2022<\/strong>.
IE mode support follows the lifecycle of Windows client, Server, and IoT releases at least through 2029

If you have websites that require Internet Explorer 11 in your business still, you have some work to do before it will work in Edge. – This guide shows you how it works in an Domain Controlled Environment. Remote workstations and Laptops can use InTune as well if they have no Domain Controller.

Your Mileage may vary and this might not be the best practise at time of reading. – I read the Microsoft guides in Feb 2022 and based all this on them. This has been rolled out at my work and has worked so far correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PreReqs<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article applies to Microsoft Edge version 77 or later.
To Download the latest version of Edge – visit https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge\/business\/download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to deploy the Edge Policy in ActiveDirectory – Source https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/deployedge\/configure-microsoft-edge<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Policy template files are downloaded from the website –\u00a0https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/edge\/business\/download<\/a>

To take advantage of the benefits of .admx files, you must create a Central Store in the sysvol folder on a Windows domain controller.
The Central Store is a file location that is checked by the Group Policy tools by default.
The Group Policy tools use all .admx files that are in the Central Store. The files that are in the Central Store are replicated to all domain controllers in the domain.

To use ADMX files in Group Policy the following needs done on the Domain Controller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the domain controller<\/strong> – Copy the\u00a0PolicyDefinitions<\/strong>\u00a0folder to your SYSVOL PolicyDefinitions Folder
Example – \\\\DOMAINCONTROLLER-NAME\\SYSVOL\\DOMAINNAME.LOCAL\\Policies\\

Create a Sites.xml – SiteList<\/strong>
To configure the sites list – Source :\u00a0https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/deployedge\/edge-ie-mode-site-list-manager<\/a><\/u><\/strong>
The Enterprise Site List Manager is an in-browser version of the\u00a0standalone Enterprise Mode Site List Manager tool<\/a>\u00a0that lets you create, edit, and export your organization\u2019s site list.

Or Edit the XML file manually, very carefully as any mistakes invalidates the list<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Each Entry needs to be in the format :
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\u00a0 <site url=”website-name”>
<compat-mode>Default<\/compat-mode>
<open-in>IE11<\/open-in>
\u00a0 <\/site><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now open up Group Policy Management and Create a new Group Policy Object and Link it to root<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name this\u00a0Internet Explorer Compatibility Mode – Edge<\/strong>

Configure the Group Policy – Source :\u00a0https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/deployedge\/edge-ie-mode-policies#configure-using-the-configure-the-enterprise-mode-site-list-policy<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u00a0 \u00a0Click User Configuration\/Computer Configuration<\/strong>\u00a0> Policies > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Edge.
2. \u00a0 \u00a0Double-click ‘Configure Internet Explorer integration<\/strong>.’
3. \u00a0 \u00a0Select Enabled.
4. \u00a0 \u00a0Under Options, set the dropdown value to\u00a0Internet Explorer mode<\/strong>\u00a0– Press Apply OK
5. \u00a0 \u00a0Double-click\u00a0Configure the Enterprise Mode Site List<\/strong>.
5. \u00a0 \u00a0Select Enabled.
6. \u00a0 \u00a0Under Options, type the location of website list. You can use one of the following locations:
o \u00a0 \u00a0Set this too your domain share where you copied the sites.xml at the start – ie. \\\\DOMAINCONTROLLER-NAME\\SYSVOL\\DOMAINNAME.LOCAL\\Policies\\sites.xml
7. \u00a0 \u00a0Click OK or Apply to save these settings.
8. \u00a0 \u00a0Double-Click\u00a0Configure the Enterprise Mode Cloud Site List<\/strong> (Only if you are using a Cloud Site List in Office 365)
9. \u00a0 \u00a0Click Not Configured
10. \u00a0 \u00a0 Set the List option to your Cloud Site List ID
11. \u00a0 \u00a0Double-click\u00a0Send all intranet sites to Internet Explorer<\/strong>
12. \u00a0 \u00a0Select Enabled
13. \u00a0 \u00a0Click OK or Apply to save these settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Create another group policy and name this\u00a0Internet Explorer Compatibility Mode – Trusted Sites<\/strong>
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