Royal-Managed-Bookmarks GPO

Managing Bookmarks via GPO

 

Overview

The Royal-Managed-Bookmarks GPO is designed to provide bookmarks to Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers. Each browser has its own User Configuration setting that needs to be updated to keep all three browsers’ bookmarks in sync. This GPO is linked to the Microsoft365 Hybrid Computers OU.


Each set of bookmarks is nested under the Managed bookmarks folder. Currently we have bookmarks for general Royal Electric sites and Royal Electric SharePoint sites.


The general Royal Electric sites are under the child folder named “Royal Electric”


The Royal Electric SharePoint sites are under the child folder named “Royal Electric – SharePoint”


Each browser handles their settings a little differently so there are differences between the code blocks for each browser. One difference is that Edge and Firefox have a top-level name for the root folder that is created and attached to the Bookmark Bar, Chrome does not.


GPO Setting Locations:

  • Google:
    1. User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\Managed Bookmarks
  • Edge:
    1. User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Edge\Configure Favorites
  • Firefox:
    1. User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox\Managed Bookmarks

 

 

Current Bookmarks:

Chrome

[{"name": "Royal Electric", "children": [{"url": "office.com","name": "Microsoft365"},{"url": "citrix.royalelect.com","name": "Citrix"},{"url": "https://support.royalelect.com/", "name": "Royal Electric IT Support"}]}, {"name": "Royal Electric - Sharepoint", "children": [{"name": "Projects-Commercial", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Commercial/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Residential", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Residential/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Underground", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Underground/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Service and Special Projects", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-SpecialProjects/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Airports", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Airports/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Virtual Construction", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/VirtualDesignandConstruction/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Learning Center", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/LearningCenter/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"}]}]

Edge

[{"toplevel_name": "Managed bookmarks"}, {"name": "Royal Electric",    "children": [{"url": "office.com","name": "Microsoft365"},{"url": "citrix.royalelect.com","name": "Citrix"},{"url": "http://sql2012.royalelect.com/Reports/Pages/Folder.aspx", "name": "SQL Reports"}, {"url": "https://support.royalelect.com/", "name": "Royal Electric IT Support"}]}, {"name": "Royal Electric - Sharepoint", "children": [{"name": "Projects-Commercial", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Commercial/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Residential", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Residential/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Underground", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Underground/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Service and Special Projects", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-SpecialProjects/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Airports", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Airports/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Virtual Construction", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/VirtualDesignandConstruction/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Learning Center", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/LearningCenter/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"}]}]

Firefox

[{"toplevel_name": "Managed bookmarks"}, {"name": "Royal Electric", "children": [{"url": "office.com","name": "Microsoft365"}, {"url": "citrix.royalelect.com","name": "Citrix"}, {"url": "https://support.royalelect.com/", "name": "Royal Electric IT Support"}]}, {"name": "Royal Electric - Sharepoint","children": [{"name": "Projects-Commercial", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Commercial/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Residential", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Residential/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Underground", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Underground/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Service and Special Projects", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-SpecialProjects/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Projects-Airports", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/Projects-Airports/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Virtual Construction", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/VirtualDesignandConstruction/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"},{"name": "Learning Center", "url": "https://royalelect.sharepoint.com/sites/LearningCenter/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx"}]}]