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Forces Microsoft Edge to use its built-in WNS push client to connect to the Windows Push Notification Service.
Supported versions
- On Windows since 118 or later
Description
In some environments, the Windows OS client can't connect to the Windows Push Notification Service (WNS). For these environments, you can use the Microsoft Edge built-in WNS push client, which may be able to connect successfully.
If enabled, Microsoft Edge will use its built-in WNS push client to connect to WNS.
If disabled or not configured, Microsoft Edge will use the Windows OS client to connect to the Windows Push Notification Service. This is the default setting.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
- Per Profile: No
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: ForceBuiltInPushMessagingClient
- GP name: Forces Microsoft Edge to use its built-in WNS push client to connect to the Windows Push Notification Service.
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Disabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: ForceBuiltInPushMessagingClient
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000000