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            <h1>Control Brave Browser Settings via GPO</h1>
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          <h2>Importing and Setting Brave Browser GPO</h2>

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	<li>Download the Brave Browser group policy administration templates <a href="https://github.com/Prowler2/Brave-Browser-GPO-Policy" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded .zip file</li>
	<li>On a domain controller, copy the contents of /Policy Templates/v80.0.3987.116/ to&nbsp;C:\Windows\Sysvol\sysvol\%domainname%\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\</li>
	<li>Right click on the Start button &gt; Run &gt; type gpmc.msc &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Expand Forest: %domainname% &gt; Domains &gt; %domainname%</li>
	<li>Right click on the domain name &gt; Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here...</li>
	<li>Name the new GPO Brave Browser</li>
	<li>Right click the Brave Browser GPO &gt; Edit...</li>
	<li>In the Group Policy Management Editor expand Computer Configuration &gt; Policies &gt; Administrative Templates &gt; Brave Browser</li>
	<li>Browse the available policy options and set them as needed
	<p>Example: Brave Browser &gt; Enable reporting of usage and crash-related data: Disabled</p>
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	<li>Close the&nbsp;Group Policy Management Editor</li>
	<li>Right click the Brave Browser GPO &gt; Enforced</li>
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<h2>Testing the Policy</h2>

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	<li>On a domain machine with the Brave Browser installed, right click on the Start button &gt; Run &gt; type cmd &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Type gpupdate /force</li>
	<li>After the group policy update completes, launch the Brave Browser</li>
	<li>In the address bar, type brave://policy</li>
	<li>The policy set from GPO should be listed</li>
	<li>If the setting is displayed in the Brave Browser GUI, navigate to it and verify the value is set correctly</li>
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<p>Extra special thanks to Prowler2 on GitHub for putting these GPO configurations together&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/Prowler2/Brave-Browser-GPO-Policy" target="_blank">https://github.com/Prowler2/Brave-Browser-GPO-Policy</a></p>
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