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Microsoft Edge Group Policy settings

905 settings · 151.0.4129.78 · 10 Aug 2026

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Target Channel override

ComputerIntune-readyRemovedPol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot

Supported on Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.251.9 and later

Shown as of 151.0.4129.78, 10 Aug 2026. See it in the latest templates.

What it does

Specifies which Copilot update channel to use. This policy controls which update channel Copilot will follow. If you enable this policy, Copilot will be updated to the channel you configure: Stable: Updated to the latest stable version. Beta: Updated to the latest beta version. If you disable or don't configure this policy, Copilot will update to the latest version available for the stable channel. This policy is supported only on Windows devices that are joined to a Microsoft® Active Directory® domain.

What it writes

Hive
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry key
Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate

Options

OptionTypeRegistry valueAllowed values
Target ChannelDefault: Stable Drop-down list TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}
  • Stablestable
  • Betabeta

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State
Options used when Enabled

Enabled · Computer · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate]
"TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}"="stable"


PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Target Channel override
# Name: Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'stable'
  • The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
  • Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_msedgeupdate/Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_msedgeupdate/Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="Part_TargetChannel" value="stable"/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>
Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Target Channel override
# Name: Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}' -Kind 'String' -Expected 'stable'
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Target Channel override
# Name: Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot
# Scope: Machine
# State: Enabled
# Source: msedgeupdate.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate' -Name 'TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}' -PropertyType 'String' -Value 'stable'

History 37 retained releases

  1. 151.0.4129.8614 Aug 2026
    • Moved to another template [removed: msedge][added: copilot]update.admxThe same setting under a new template.
    Its new name: Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot
  2. 151.0.4129.726 Aug 2026
    • Added in this release.
  3. 150.0.4078.14421 Aug 2026
    • Removed from the templates.
  4. 150.0.4078.12511 Aug 2026
    • Added in this release.

2 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name
Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot
Namespace
Microsoft.Policies.Update
Template file
msedgeupdate.admx
Release
Microsoft Edge 151.0.4129.78 · file set c1296b3de9c900a2…
Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Machine" displayName="$(string.Pol_TargetChannel)" explainText="$(string.Explain_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot)" key="Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate" name="Pol_TargetChannelMicrosoftCopilot" presentation="$(presentation.Pol_TargetChannel)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_MicrosoftCopilot" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="Part_TargetChannel" key="Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate" valueName="TargetChannel{C50565E9-CCCF-44B4-BA15-5AC5C6569197}">
          <item displayName="$(string.TargetChannel_Stable_DropDown)">
            <value>
              <string>stable</string>
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.TargetChannel_Beta_DropDown)">
            <value>
              <string>beta</string>
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="Pol_TargetChannel" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList defaultItem="0" refId="Part_TargetChannel">Target Channel
        </dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_Applications
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Applications)" explainText="$(string.Explain_Applications)" name="Cat_Applications" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_EdgeUpdate" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_EdgeUpdate
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_GoogleUpdate)" explainText="$(string.Explain_GoogleUpdate)" name="Cat_EdgeUpdate" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_MicrosoftCopilot
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_MicrosoftCopilot)" name="Cat_MicrosoftCopilot" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:definition:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9
<definition displayName="$(string.Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9)" name="Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_Applications
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_Applications)" explainText="$(string.Explain_Applications)" name="Cat_Applications" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_EdgeUpdate" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications">Applications</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Explain_Applications">An updated ADMX/ADML template will be required to support Edge applications released in the future.</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_EdgeUpdate
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_GoogleUpdate)" explainText="$(string.Explain_GoogleUpdate)" name="Cat_EdgeUpdate" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_GoogleUpdate">Microsoft Edge Update</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Explain_GoogleUpdate">Policies to control the installation and updating of Microsoft Edge using Microsoft Edge Update.</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:category:Cat_MicrosoftCopilot
<category displayName="$(string.Cat_MicrosoftCopilot)" name="Cat_MicrosoftCopilot" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_Applications" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Cat_MicrosoftCopilot">Microsoft Copilot</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Update:definition:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9
<definition displayName="$(string.Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9)" name="Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Update:Sup_EdgeUpdate1_3_251_9">Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.251.9 and later</string></strings>
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