How to Install Microsoft Edge and Chrome Extensions Using Intune (No User Interaction Required)

For SMBs, browser extensions can dramatically improve productivity and security—but only when they’re deployed consistently and managed centrally. Relying on employees to install extensions themselves leads to unpredictable results, security gaps, and troubleshooting headaches.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to install Microsoft Edge and Chrome extensions using Intune silently, without any user interaction.

Why Deploy Browser Extensions with Intune?

Using Intune to deploy extensions helps you:

• Enforce security‑critical extensions (e.g., password managers)

• Block unwanted or risky extensions

• Standardize browser configurations across all employees

• Reduce credential theft and data leakage

• Speed up onboarding for new devices and users

Whether you use Chrome, Edge, or both—Intune gives you centralized control.

Step 1 — Get the Extension IDs for Edge and Chrome

You must collect Extension ID for each browser.

For Microsoft Edge

1. Open the Microsoft Edge Add‑ons Store - Microsoft Edge Add-ons

2. Search for any extension.

3. Copy the last part of the URL:

For Google Chrome

1. Open the Chrome Web Store - https://chromewebstore.google.com/

2. Search for Bitwarden.

3. Copy the last string from the URL.

Step 2 — Create the Intune Configuration Profile

• Go to Microsoft Intune Admin Center

• Navigate to: Devices → Windows → Configuration Profiles

• Click Create profile

• Choose:

  • Platform: Windows 10/11

  • Profile type: Settings Catalog

• Name it clearly: Browser Extensions Deployment – Chrome & Edge

• Inside your new Settings Catalog profile:

  1. Click Add settings

  2. Search for Edge and open: Microsoft Edge → Extensions

     Enable: Control which extensions are installed silently

  3. Search for Google Chrome and select: Google → Google Chrome → Extensions

     Enable: Extension/App IDs and update URLs to be silently installed (Device)

  4. Add Extension ID in each value field.

• In Assignments:

  • For security extensions like Bitwarden → assign to All Users

  • For specific teams → assign to a security group

  • For shared/kiosk systems → assign to device groups

  Click Next → Create. Once applied, the policy silently installs the extensions.

Final Thoughts

Rolling out extensions manually is slow, inconsistent, and risky. With this guide, you now know how to Install Microsoft Edge and Chrome Extensions Using Intune so every user receives the right tools—securely and automatically.

By deploying approved extensions across both browsers, you strengthen user security, simplify IT operations, and deliver a clean, dependable browsing environment.

How We Can Help

Rolling out secure, standardized browser extensions is only one piece of a strong Microsoft 365 security foundation. As an MSSP specializing in Microsoft Cloud security, we help SMBs implement, harden, and manage their entire Intune, Microsoft 365, and Entra ID environment—so you don’t have to figure it out alone.

Whether you need:

• Expert‑built Intune policies

• Secure browser baselines

• Identity protection and MFA hardening

• Conditional Access design

• Ongoing monitoring and management

• A fully secured, best‑practice Microsoft 365 tenant

— we can take it off your plate and ensure everything is configured correctly, securely, and aligned with real‑world threats.

If you’d like help deploying secure extensions like Bitwarden, improving your Intune controls, or tightening the security of your Microsoft 365 environment, our team is here to support you every step of the way.

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