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Using Managed Browsers with Google Advanced Desktop Security

The Managed Browser feature in the Google Admin console allows you to apply Chrome policies to the Chrome browser on a variety of platforms - Windows, MacOS and Linux. The application of these policies is done via OU and apply without the user having to turn on "Sync". I'll go through the specific steps to enrol browsers using Google Advanced Desktop Security as the Group Policy method is well documented elsewhere. Deploy the Chrome ADMX template file Down load the Chrome management files from here . Unzip the package and open up the chrome.admx file with notepad. Create a new custom OMA-URI Policy in the admin console and apply the following settings: OMA-URI  ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/ConfigOperations/ADMXInstall/Chrome/Policy/ChromeAdmx Type = String Value = copy the entire content of the chrome.admx file into the value field.  Apply to the root of your domain. Set a policy to enrol a browser into a specific OU Create a new custom OMA-URI Policy in the admin console

Screencast App running on ChromeOS 103+

 If your ChromeOS device is on 103 or higher you can now access the new Screencast app. Quick demo below:  

An updated look at Google Advanced Desktop Security

 A few people asked me to do a practical run through of what this looks like - so here goes:

ChromeOS 99 - a quick preview