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How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated December 25, 2024
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Let’s discuss how to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via the Setting Catalog in Intune. We are familiar with the terms Autofill and Microsoft Edge, but how to enable the function in Intune via setting catalog is different, right?

As we know Microsoft Edge is an internet browser made by Microsoft, which is installed by default on all new Windows PCs. Microsoft Edge was made to replace Internet Explorer, and it runs faster and has more features. Microsoft has made a significant effort with Edge to improve the browsing experience, and it’s paid off.

The Intune Settings catalog lists all the settings you can configure in one place. This feature makes it easier for administrators to add, configure, customize, and manage device and user policy settings. The advantage of using the Intune settings catalog is that we can configure settings for Windows computers.

Autofill is a function in computer applications or programs containing forms that automatically fill out a field and save you time. Now we will see the step-by-step guidance to enable autofill form in microsoft edge via setting catalog.

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How Can We Use Autofill in Edge to Complete Form Field?

When you type in a field in Edge, automatic suggestions for completion can be enabled. When you type in a field, your addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and more can be easily selected. You can press the Tab or right arrow keys to accept the suggestion. Only the data you have entered in Edge will be used for suggestions. We can turn off this feature by going to Edge Settings.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune

Most of the time, you notice that we visit many sites and fill out many text boxes like email ID, phone number, address, etc. The browser stores these in its database. Whenever we encounter relatable text boxes, the above information pops up for the auto-filling text boxes. The following are steps to enable the Allow Importing of Autofill form in Microsoft Edge via the Setting Catalog in Intune.

  • Sign in to the Microsoft Intune admin center
  • Select Devices and click on Configuration
  • Click on +Create and select New Policy
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.1
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.1

Then, a new window will seen on the screen, and you can choose the Platform and Profile Type here. Select Windows 10 and later as the platform and Settings catalog as the Profile type. Then click we need to click the Create button.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.2
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.2

Basics

After that, you create a profile to Allow Autofill Form. The primary part of the profile creation process is Basic. In this section, we need to provide the proper Name and Description. This is a mandatory section; we must add it to continue creating Profiles.

  • The description allows users to learn about the policy at any time.
  • Click on the Next button after adding the Name and Description.
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.3
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.3

Configuration Settings

Our next step is the Configuration settings section, where we can select and Add settings to continue creating the profile. This section is used to choose the settings we want to configure.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.4
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.4

Setting Picker

Then, the Settings Picker window will open, and we can search for the keyword of the search item. Here, our keyword is Autofill Form. Then click on the Search button. Afterward, we can browse the policy from Microsoft Edge catagory. The result is shown in the screenshot below.

  • Click on the Allow importing of autofill form data setting
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.4
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.5

Configuration settings

The window below shows the Configuration settings page. Here, we need to enable Allow importing of autofill form data. Then we need to Click on the Next button.

Features While EnableFeatures While Disable
The option to manually import autofill data is automatically selectedAutofill form data isn’t imported at first run and
users can’t import it manually
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Table.1
  • Here, we need to enable Allow importing of autofill form data.
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.6
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.6

Scope Tags

Scope Tag is the next step in profile creation. We can easily skip this section or add Scope tags to our profile. However, a scope tag is not mandatory for profile creation. If we want to ignore this part, we need to click on the Next button and continue.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.7
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.7

Next, we move on to the Assignment section. In this section, we can Add groups. We need to add groups to the included groups. After that, a new window will appear, and you can select a group from here. Then click on the Select button and click on the Next button.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.8
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.8

Review + Create

The final section is Review + Create. In this window, you can see all the details of your profile. It summarises the profile and shows the previous sections of profile creation. If any changes needed, we can quickly go to the earlier sections. After verifying all the steps, you can complete the Profile creation.

  • Click on the Review + Create button from this window
  • Click the Create button
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.9
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.9

After clicking the Create button, we will receive a notification on the Intune Portal stating “Policy Allow Autofill Form created successfully.” We can then check the Created policy in the Intune Portal as soon as possible.

  • Devices > Configuration
  • In the Configuration window, you can search the Policy by its name.
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.10
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.10

When clicking on the Policy, another window will appear, and you can see an elaborate view of the policy details. Clicking the View Report option will display the Device’s name, logged-in user’s name, check-in status, Filter, and the last report modification time.

How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.11
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.11

Client Side Verification – Event Log

The Intune event ID 814 assure that a string policy is applied on the Windows 11 or 10 devices. You can also see the exact value of the policy being applied on those devices.

We can check the Event log path to confirm this – Applications and Services LogsMicrosoft WindowsDevicemanagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider Admin.

MDM PolicyManagerPolicyAreaEnrollmentID requesting mergeCurrent UserStringEnrollment TypeScope
Set policy intImportAutofillFormDatamicrosoft_edge~Policy~microsoft_edgeB1E9301C-8666-412A-BA2F-3BF8A55BFA62DeviceEnabled(0x6),(0x0)
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Table.2
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.12
How to Allow Importing of Autofill Form Data in Microsoft Edge Via Setting Catalog in Intune Fig.12

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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