Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome allow the silent installation of Browser Extensions. This way, the users do not have to manually install the Browser Extension themselves, but rather the IT Admins can roll out the Browser Extension in the background via a MDM solution, such as Microsoft InTune, Enteo NetInstall, or Matrix42 Empirum.
Each browser needs to be set up separately.
Browser Extensions in Edge can be installed and configured through Enterprise Policies. Refer to the official documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#extensions-policies for more info.
Requirements
- Userlane Customer Success Manager needs to provide companyID and information on region
- IT Admin with access to Browser Installation and Policies
- Userlane Account Admin to set Integrity Token in Userlane Portal
Steps to Complete the Setup
1. Installation and Configuration
ExtensionInstallForceList browser policy
Add the Userlane Extension (ID for Edge: joephgegnilhnnnocnkigpmmamgghage)
to the ExtensionInstallForceList: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#extensioninstallforcelist to install the Userlane Extension from the Edge Add-ons.
Example registry file
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\ExtensionInstallForcelist]
"1"="joephgegnilhnnnocnkigpmmamgghage"
Note: The Registry Key might need to be modified if multiple Browser Extensions (other than Userlane) are installed to Edge.
Browser Policy Configuration
Registry keys in the path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\3rdparty\extensions\joephgegnilhnnnocnkigpmmamgghage\policy
All keys should have type REG_SZ.
Please note that you need to get the correct companyId and region from your Customer Success Manager!
Example registry file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\3rdparty\extensions\joephgegnilhnnnocnkigpmmamgghage\policy] "companyId"="abc" "companyIntegrity"="xyz" "region"="eu"
Attention: "region" key is used to define where your Userlane Application is hosted:
- If the Userlane Application is hosted in the EU, the corresponding value for "region" is "eu".
- If the Userlane Application is hosted in the US, the corresponding value for "region" is "us".
2. Verification
Visit the Userlane Browser Extension Settings
- Do a right click on the Browser Extension
- Choose Options
- Navigate to Managed Storage
- Confirm that all values are present
Example of the information is not set up correctly:
If you see this, please go through the installation and configuration steps again.
⚠️ The Userlane Browser Extension will trigger automatic SSO authentication. Please make sure that all users who receive the extension are able to authenticate via the SSO. This is to avoid users seeing an inactive tab with authentication error. This behaviour may occur e.g. on private browser profiles or for users who are not part of the SSO group.
