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BrandonMaslen
Microsoft
MicrosoftIntroducing Microsoft Edge Secure Network
Today, we're excited to share that we have kicked off experiments for Microsoft Edge Secure Network in the Canary channel of Microsoft Edge. We are opening this preview to a small audience to get i...
I'm a Windows Insider. I've never seen Secure Network in my Canary. I finally went into settings tonight and found Microsoft Edge Secure Network. It's greyed out, and if I hover over the "briefcase" I get a message, This setting is turned off for managed browsers. <Sigh>
The information seems to indicate that you need to have several things lined up.
- Sign in to Microsoft account on computer (not the Local one)
- Canary channel
- Cloudflare - not sure whether Microsoft does this part or if you need to change your DNS / browser settings to Cloudflare. You can change to Cloudflare in Edge by clicking on three dots (...) upper right, and select Settings. On the left panel, select Privacy, Search, and Services.
Scroll down to the Security heading in the right panel and you will see section titled "Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for Websites Turn it on if you want to setup Cloudflare. Down below that, click on "Choose a service provider". The dropdown in the box will offer you a number of choices including "Cloudflare(1.1.1.1)" . The box will then fill out with the necessary Cloudflare information.
Note that this does not turn on the Secure Network automatically but sets up connections that may be helpful in getting it turned on.
I can't think of any other possible prep you can do at this point other than what is stated in the Secure Network info / invited. It's up to Microsoft system to finish up (I guess). A reboot after changing all this might be in order as well.
Recommend going over all the settings in the "Privacy, search, and services" while you are there just to check what you originally setup (or if an update changed it back). The 'strict' security setting might be a little too aggressive for some sites. If any issues with this on you may want to change to balanced.
You may also want to checkout any active Extensions in Edge in case there might be a conflict with using Secure Network - just a thought...
- Sign in to Microsoft account on computer (not the Local one)
- Canary channel
- Cloudflare - not sure whether Microsoft does this part or if you need to change your DNS / browser settings to Cloudflare. You can change to Cloudflare in Edge by clicking on three dots (...) upper right, and select Settings. On the left panel, select Privacy, Search, and Services.
Scroll down to the Security heading in the right panel and you will see section titled "Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for Websites Turn it on if you want to setup Cloudflare. Down below that, click on "Choose a service provider". The dropdown in the box will offer you a number of choices including "Cloudflare(1.1.1.1)" . The box will then fill out with the necessary Cloudflare information.
Note that this does not turn on the Secure Network automatically but sets up connections that may be helpful in getting it turned on.
I can't think of any other possible prep you can do at this point other than what is stated in the Secure Network info / invited. It's up to Microsoft system to finish up (I guess). A reboot after changing all this might be in order as well.
Recommend going over all the settings in the "Privacy, search, and services" while you are there just to check what you originally setup (or if an update changed it back). The 'strict' security setting might be a little too aggressive for some sites. If any issues with this on you may want to change to balanced.
You may also want to checkout any active Extensions in Edge in case there might be a conflict with using Secure Network - just a thought...
