How to manage Google Chrome on Intune managed Android devices

Some companies are using Google Chrome on there Windows and macOS devices, and for that reason they also want to have a browser that are familiar to the end user on there mobile devices.
In this blog post I will descrip how to managed Google Chrome on a Intune managed Android device. I will not
This blog post is deviated into to sections, the first on on how to deployed Google Chrome with Intune and Managed Google Play, the second part about how to set policy on Google Chrome with Intune. There is no advanced scenarios in this blog post. I created it to show the possibilities there is to do App management from Intune on Managed Android Enterprise.

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How to deploy Google Chrome with Managed Google play and Intune:

First of all the the easy way of getting Google Chrome on a Intune managed Android device is to use Managed Google Play.
Managed Google Play is Google’s enterprise app store. The end user do not need a Google account when using Managed Google Play. If the app is deployed as required from Intune, the deployment can be completed without any end user action.
You can use Intune to orchestrate app deployment through Managed Google Play for any Android Enterprise scenario (including work profile, dedicated, and fully managed enrollments)

First start Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center

1. Click Apps
2. Click Android

1. Click Add

1. Select Managed Google Play

1. Click Managed Google Play
2. Search for Chrome
3. Select Google Chrome

1. Select Approve

1. Select Approve

1. Select Done

Note: If you want to keep Google Chrome approved even if the app permission changed just leave the default setting.
But if your organisation requires you  to review every change in app approval select “Revoke app approval when this app request new permissions”

The App will sync into Intune on the next sync schedule from Managed Google Play.

If you cannot wait you can do a manual sync :
Home > Tenant admin >  Connectors and tokens – Managed Google Play : Click sync

Now your are ready to deploy the app your your end users or their devices.

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How to configure Google Chrome Intune:

After you have Google Chrome in Intune you can start setting up policies for it.

1. Click Apps
2. Click Add
3. Click App configuration policies
4. Select Managed devices

1. Enter Name : Google Chrome on Managed Android
2. Select Platform : Android
3. Click Associated app
4. Search for chrome
5. Select Google Chrome

1. Click Configuration settings
2. Click Configuration settings format
3. Select Use configuration designer

1. Click Add
2. Search for the setting you what to configure and select the settings

Then you will have all the settings and you can enter the Configuration values

After entering all the Configuration value you can deploy the app configuration policies.

 

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How does it looks from the End User perspective:

In my example it is on a Intune managed Android Enterprise device with Work Profile, you can also be Android Enterprise Dedicated or Fully managed device.

After the required deployment I have Google Chrome on my devices both as a personal and a work profile app.

1. Click on Google Chrome in your Work Profile

Enter chrome://policy in the browser address bar and you can see all the policy you have configured from Intune

Happy testing