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[UPDATE: CANCELED] MICROSOFT USING OFFICE 365 TO FORCE BING IN CHROME FOR
ENTERPRISE

Abner Li | Feb 11 2020 - 9:23 am PT
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One big Microsoft foothold in enterprise productivity remains the Office suite
of applications. The company announced yesterday that — by default — users of
its premium Office 365 subscription will be forced to install an extension that
makes Bing the default search engine in Chrome.



Update 2/11: Following uproar and “feedback,” Microsoft announced today (via
ZDNet) that it’s no longer going ahead with its plan to force Bing in Chrome.
Specifically, the “Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension will not be
automatically deployed with Office 365 ProPlus.” The company will provide an
“updated timeline for this rollout over the next few weeks.”

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Original 1/23: With an upcoming version (2002) of Office 365 ProPlus, the
“Microsoft Search in Bing” extension will be installed to make “Bing the default
search engine for the Google Chrome web browser.” This default configuration
begins next month and is set to be completed by mid-2020 in Australia, Canada,
France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

> This extension will be installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus
> or when existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus are updated.

As a result of the outcry, Microsoft looks to have updated the announcement
documentation to emphasize explicit instructions on what admins can do to make
sure the extension that forces Bing in Chrome isn’t installed. Additionally, the
company notes what users can do to “easily stop using Bing as the default search
engine.”

> If your users decide they want to stop using Bing as their default search
> engine, they can click on the magnifying glass icon next to the address bar in
> Google Chrome and click the Use Bing as your default search engine toggle to
> the Off position.




Redmond’s pitch to make Bing the default search engine is quick access to
company “files, SharePoint sites, OneDrive content, Teams and Yammer
conversations, and other shared data sources.”

Twitter personality SwiftOnSecurity amusingly points out that the built-in
“Windows Defender’s browser hijacker criteria would classify this behavior as
malware.” In fact, Microsoft notes how the extension won’t be installed “if Bing
is already the default search engine.” Many users share that same sentiment if
the feedback is any indication.





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