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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions docs/endpointpolicymanager/browser-router/_category_.json
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"label": "Browser Router",
"position": 30,
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"collapsible": true
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{
"label": "Manual",
"position": 10,
"collapsed": true,
"collapsible": true,
"link": {
"type": "doc",
"id": "overview"
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}
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---
title: "Using Block Policies"
description: "Using Block Policies"
sidebar_position: 40
---

# Using Block Policies

You can block specific websites by making a rule and selecting the **Block** website type. You can
choose to provide **Block Text**, which will appear in a pop-up for the user, explaining why they
cannot visit the website.

:::note
For an overview of using Block policies, see the following video:
[Block web sites from opening in all browsers.](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/gettingstarted/blockwebsites.md)
:::


![about_policypak_browser_router_16](assets/policy/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_16.webp)

When you include text in the **Block Text** field, the endpoint will react in all browsers with a
pop-up like this one.

![about_policypak_browser_router_17](assets/policy/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_17.webp)

:::note
If you leave the **Block Text** field empty, default text is automatically provided.
:::


![about_policypak_browser_router_18](assets/policy/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_18.webp)
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---
title: "Using Command Line Arguments"
description: "Using Command Line Arguments"
sidebar_position: 60
---

# Using Command Line Arguments

This feature enables you to create a route in situations where you start off in the wrong browser
and want to open up the right browser, with specific options such as  `-incognito` for Chrome and
`-private-window` for Firefox, or launch a custom App-V virtualized Internet Explorer plugin like
this one:

```
-noframemerging /appwe:76d7f387-c5c4-44a9-8982-cca6124a6aec. 
```

Below is an example of launching www.abc.com in Chrome's incognito mode.

![about_policypak_browser_router_21](assets/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_21.webp)

Note how you must specifically include **%url%** to specify where the URL will reside on the command
line. Just selecting **incognito** by itself is not enough. The **%url%** will populate the correct
URL, and it is up to you to place it correctly within the command line arguments structure, based on
your needs.

Another use for the **Custom** policy that utilizes command line arguments might be if you want to
launch a specific non-browser application instead of launching an actual browser. For example, one
use might be to launch a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) session that calls a remote program, which
would usually be a browser on the RDP machine.

To do this, select **Custom** for the browser type. Then set the **Command Line Arguments** field to
**Yes**. Finally, in the **Custom Browser Path** and **Command Line Arguments** field, specify the
application you want to launch (as in, MSTSC) and the command line arguments to pass (as in,
`c:\temp\file1.rdp /v:server1 8080`).

![about_policypak_browser_router_22](assets/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_22.webp)
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---
title: "Using Custom Policies"
description: "Using Custom Policies"
sidebar_position: 50
---

# Using Custom Policies

Custom policies are useful in a variety of situations. The most common situation concerns a user who
wants to route a website to a browser that isn't Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, or Firefox. For
instance, Opera and Vivaldi are two browsers you may have installed on endpoints that you want to
route to.

:::note
For an overview of using custom policies, see the following video:
[Browser Router with Custom Browsers](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/citrixvirtualapps/custombrowsers.md).
:::


You might also want to route websites to virtualized browsers. In this example you can see a
virtualized Firefox. To route to virtualized browsers, simply take the icon's launch target and copy
it.

![about_policypak_browser_router_19](assets/policy/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_19.webp)

Then, using Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router, make a custom route and paste the target path
into the **Custom Browser Path** field.

![about_policypak_browser_router_20](assets/policy/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_20.webp)

This technique works for most virtualized browsers such as Microsoft App-V, VMware ThinApp, etc.
Note that once a virtualized browser is opened, Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router cannot route
away from those browsers and then back to real browsers. This is because Endpoint Policy Manager
Browser Router's helper extensions are not installed in the virtualized browser.
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title: "Exporting Collections"
description: "Exporting Collections"
sidebar_position: 120
---

# Exporting Collections

Advanced Concepts explains how to use the Endpoint Policy Manager Exporter to wrap up any Endpoint
Policy Manager directives and deliver them using Microsoft Endpoint Manager (SCCM and Intune), KACE,
your own MDM service, or Endpoint Policy Manager Cloud.

To export a policy for later use using Endpoint Policy Manager Exporter or Endpoint Policy Manager
Cloud, follow thee steps:

![about_policypak_browser_router_47](assets/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_47.webp)

**Step 1 –** Right-click the collection or the policy and select **Export to XML**. This enables you
to save an XML file for later use.

![about_policypak_browser_router_48](assets/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_48.webp)

Choose a policy and select Export to XML.

:::note
Exported collections or policies maintain any Item-Level Targeting that is set. Endpoint
Policy Manager Browser Router policies are always contained within collections, even if you export
one single policy. In other words, a collection is automatically created at the time of export if
you export a single policy.

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"label": "Understanding Browser Router and Internet Explorer",
"position": 80,
"collapsed": true,
"collapsible": true,
"link": {
"type": "doc",
"id": "overview"
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title: "Converting Existing IE Site List XMLs"
description: "Converting Existing IE Site List XMLs"
sidebar_position: 20
---

# Converting Existing IE Site List XMLs

:::note
To get an overview on how to convert existing IE site lists, please see:
[Internet Explorer to Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router Site lists](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/tipsandtricks/iesitelists.md).
:::


Now let's see how you can take a Microsoft Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer site list and quickly
convert it to be used in Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router. This saves you the time and trouble
of converting all of the list information by hand.

First, you need an Enterprise Mode site list. If you don't have an existing site list already,
Microsoft has a tool you can use to create these lists that you can download at:
[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49974](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49974).
Simply run the tool and add the sites along with their necessary parameters as is shown below.

![about_policypak_browser_router_31](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_31.webp)

When this is complete, save the list as an XML file. Once you have a list, create a **From
Enterprise Mode Site List** rule using Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router.

![about_policypak_browser_router_32](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_32.webp)

You will then be prompted to point to the created list. Once selected, a pop-up will confirm the
number of rules being imported. You can choose to import the rules into the existing collection or a
new collection.

![about_policypak_browser_router_33](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_33.webp)

The imported rules now appear.

![about_policypak_browser_router_34](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_34.webp)

You can review any of the rules to confirm or change their settings.

![about_policypak_browser_router_35](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_35.webp)
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---
title: "Internet Explorer in Edge Mode"
description: "Internet Explorer in Edge Mode"
sidebar_position: 10
---

## Internet Explorer in Edge Mode

:::note
To get an overview of Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router and Internet Explorer in Edge
Mode, please see:
[Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router: Internet Explorer in Edge mode](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/tipsandtricks/ieedgemode.md).
:::


If you want to stay with a Microsoft browser, you want your user to use Edge rather than IE. But
some intranet sites don't support Edge, so you are forced to use IE. However, instead of forcing
users to open a dedicated IE session for these sites, you can use Endpoint Policy Manager Browser
Router to enforce IE in Edge for any site of your choosing. In other words, it tucks IE tabs into
the Edge browser.

:::warning
Be aware that this is only guaranteed to work in the 2004 version of Windows 10,
however, it might work in versions 1909, 1903, and 1809.
:::


Create a rule for
[www.endpointpolicymanager.com](http://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/video/endpointpolicymanager-browser-router-and-ports.html) and
assign it to IE. This time select **Open as IE in Edge tab** .

![about_policypak_browser_router_29](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_29.webp)

When the user logs on and tries to access [www.endpointpolicymanager.com](http://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/) they should
see it open as an IE tab in Edge. We say should because the rule will not work right away. There is
a detail called the 65 second rule, which you can read more about here
[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/emie-to-improve-compatibility](http://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/video/endpointpolicymanager-troubleshooting-with-admx-files.html).
From the first time a user accesses
[www.endpointpolicymanager.com](http://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/knowledge-base/browser-router-troubleshooting/how-to-quickly-troubleshoot-endpointpolicymanager-browser-router.html),
a period of 65 seconds or so has to transpire until the rule comes fully into effect. Here you can
see that the Endpoint Policy Manager website now appears in IE mode within the Edge browser itself:

![about_policypak_browser_router_30](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_30.webp)

### Converting Existing IE Site List XMLs

:::note
To get an overview on how to convert existing IE site lists, please see
[Internet Explorer to Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router Site lists](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/tipsandtricks/iesitelists.md).
:::


See how you can take a Microsoft Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer site list and quickly convert it
to be used in Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router. This saves you the time and trouble of
converting all of the list information by hand.

First, you need an Enterprise Mode site list. If you don't have an existing site list already,
Microsoft has a tool you can use to create these lists that you can download at
[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49974](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49974).
Simply run the tool and add the sites along with their necessary parameters.

![about_policypak_browser_router_31](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_31.webp)

When this is complete, save the list as an XML file. Once you have a list, create a **From
Enterprise Mode Site List** rule using Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router.

![about_policypak_browser_router_32](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_32.webp)

You are then prompted to point to the created list. Once selected, a pop-up confirms the number of
rules being imported. You can choose to import the rules into the existing collection or a new
collection.

![about_policypak_browser_router_33](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_33.webp)

The imported rules now appear.

![about_policypak_browser_router_34](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_34.webp)

You can review any of the rules to confirm or change their settings.

![about_policypak_browser_router_35](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_35.webp)

### Using Special Policy Types for Internet Explorer

There are two special policies that may be used only once per collection . These policies manage how
the Windows 10 Edge browser functions alongside Internet Explorer 11.

:::note
To get an overview of Endpoint Policy Manager Browser Router's special policies for
Microsoft Edge, please see
[Endpoint Policy Manager and Edge ‘Special' policies](/docs/endpointpolicymanager/knowledgebase/browserrouter/videolearningcenter/gettingstarted/edgespecial.md).
:::


The policies are **All intranet to IE** policy and **All Enterprise from Edge to I**E policy.

![about_policypak_browser_router_36](assets/internetexplorer/about_endpointpolicymanager_browser_router_36.webp)

The **All intranet to IE** policy will take all websites that are already defined in the Intranet
zone and ensure that those sites open in Internet Explorer 11 whenever the user tries to use
Microsoft Edge. In other words, once this policy is applied, if a user opens an Intranet site using
Edge, it is automatically routed to Internet Explorer 11.

All Enterprise from Edge to IE policy will take all websites that are already defined in the IE
Enterprise site list and route them to Internet Explorer. In other words, once this policy is
applied, if a user opens any website within Edge that you've set to Enterprise Mode, it is
automatically routed to Internet Explorer 11.
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