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Deploying Using Group Policy (GPO) for Chrome on Windows

  1. Log into the SAAM admin console at https://app.savvy.security/.
  2. Select Extensions > Deployment tab.
  3. Select the Managed deployment tile.
  4. On the Managed deployment page, copy the following values which will be used later in the deployment:
    • In the Extension URL field, copy the value https://extension.savvy.security/update.xml.
    • In the Extension ID field, copy the value ckdibgmbbhmafmjpjmknleccgcddanan.
  5. Log into the Windows domain controller device.
  6. Download the Google Administrative Templates to your domain controller.
  7. Extract the windows\admx\google.admx XML-based administrative template admx file into C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.
  8. Extract the windows\admx\chrome.admx XML-based administrative template admx file into C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.
  9. Extract the windows\admx\en-US\google.adml admx file into C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US.
  10. Extract the windows\admx\en-US\chrome.adml admx file into C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US.
  11. Open the Group Policy Management Editor.
  12. Create a new GPO policy, or select an existing policy.
  13. Right-click your GPO and select Edit.
  14. On the left panel, go to Computer > User configuration > Policies > Administrative templates > Google > Google Chrome > Extensions.
  15. On the right panel, select Configure the list of force-installed extensions, right-click and select Edit.
  16. On the Configure the list of force-installed extensions window, complete the following:
    • Select Enabled.
    • Select Show.
    • In the Extension/App IDs and update URLs to be silently installed field enter ckdibgmbbhmafmjpjmknleccgcddanan;https://extension.savvy.security/update.xml.
  17. Select From a custom URL, and enter the Extension URL value copied from the SAAM admin console.
  18. Select OK.