GCPW Custom Windows Settings

[Sgabel]

Hi Everyone!

Long time no talk! It is finally good to be able to interact with the community again! I was wondering if anyone utilizes GCPW and push custom windows settings via Google Admin? In theory, this should all work and I even tried out some of the example OMA-URI that they have up in their set up information, but when I check my target end points nothing is reflected in the group policies. So I guess my question is in two parts: Has anyone successfully managed windows settings via Google Admin and not Intune and two how do you verify that your settings are indeed working? 

Thank you everyone! 

[Kim_Nilsson]

I know @rdnixon does.

[Sgabel]

Thank you @Kim for taking them! I’ve been scratching my head on this one for a few months now 

[rdnixon]

Yes on several thousand devices - works fine. I assume you have Plus or Standard licences assigned to your users? Without this it will do nothing. Policies apply to the users in the OU you deploy the policies to.

[E8419]

Does anyone think they ever plan on expanding their MDM capabilities?

[Dean_Mantz]

For those successfully using GCPW, what do I need to use in troubleshooting the issue of the Google login error that tells me something is wrong with the installed Chrome application? 

[rdnixon]

So login fails? Chrome needs to be installed for it to work. Also check your firewall/content filtering. I've seen some firewall level ad blocking break it in the past.

[ismaferreira]

I was struggling to make custom setting work with Windows 10 Pro (simple thinks like setting wallpaper etc.)
After reading the MS documentation and talking about it with some colleagues we found the solution:

Solution:
You need to add this Custom OMA-URI for it to work

• Name: SetEduPolicies
• OMA-URI: ./Vendor/MSFT/SharedPC/SetEduPolicies
• Type: Boolean TRUE

Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/sharedpc-csp#setedupolicies

Please note that a Google for Education Plus license is required to use these advanced MDM features

[rdnixon]

I'm afraid Pro does not cut it. You need Edu or Enterprise Windows SKUs. You will find them on your MS agreement. Many policies simply are not supported on Pro - including customisation like desktop wallpapers.