Chrome + roaming data

[Matt Strickland]

Hi all,

Since we're an O365 school I've been trying to find a lean way to redirect chrome user data (passwords, history, extensions, bookmarks etc) on to the server, but leave the rest (esp cache) local.

I do use GPO to set homepage, first launch settings and currently redirect data directory with a disk cache limit (that's only a guide).

This is for those users with no google account, no BYOL so use school computers.

I don't use roaming profiles (just folder redirect) but would like just to redirect the important chrome data.

Anyone got the right combo to achieve without reading the full deployment guide?

Matt

[Alistair Baird]

Off the top of my head, there's a Google admin template for GPO that I downloaded, didn't play that much with it, but you can set to import bookmarks on first launch and default homepage, are you using that ? Are you using individual computer accounts on AD or generic ones ? If generic, you don't want it remembering passwords.

I'm personally against browsers remembering passwords because no-one ever remembers them, then when they have issues, deleting the cache and all website data often fixes them.

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[Matt Strickland]

Thanks Alistair,

I'm not so keen on password saving although I'm guilty - but use a manager/generator outside of browsers.

No generic accounts everything is AD (but crucially internally not SSO), just at this point in time.

I am testing with the two settings:

Set User Data Directory:    H:\Chrome  (users home drive)

Set Disk Cache Directory    ${local_app_data}\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

Going to monitor tomorrow and see how it populates, just testing myself isn't always enough.

Matt

On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:06:34 UTC+12, Alistair Baird wrote:

Off the top of my head, there's a Google admin template for GPO that I downloaded, didn't play that much with it, but you can set to import bookmarks on first launch and default homepage, are you using that ? Are you using individual computer accounts on AD or generic ones ? If generic, you don't want it remembering passwords.

I'm personally against browsers remembering passwords because no-one ever remembers them, then when they have issues, deleting the cache and all website data often fixes them.

 

Alistair Baird

[Alistair Baird]

Are you using the chrome.admx ?

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[Matt Strickland]

Yes Chrome.admx, the latest version available.

All options set via GPO.