Deploy DeepL browser extension with Active Directory Group Policy for Google Chrome

As an IT admin you can deploy the DeepL browser extension for Google Chrome using Microsoft Group Policy Objects for Active Directory. You can add additional policies to control anonymous access to DeepL and enforce your team members to log in.

Because the installation requires adding administrative template files to your Microsoft Active Directory and modifying your Group Policy configuration, we recommend that you make the changes in a test environment first.

Install Administrative templates

Each browser requires additional administrative templates to be added to Active Directory to deploy configurations through Group Policy Objects. 

The required files can be downloaded from the following location:  https://chromeenterprise.google/download/#manage-policies-tab

1. Search for the ADM/ADMX templates
2. Download the respective policy files

3. Find the admx folder in the extracted policy files and copy the file with the chrome.admx file extension to the following location in your domain controller:

   %systemroot%\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions

4. Find the language folder in the extracted policy files corresponding to your location and copy the file with the chrome.admx file extension to the following location in your domain controller:

   %systemroot%\sysvol\domain\policies\PolicyDefinitions\en-US

   You should see the following folder structure: 

   

5. To verify that the template has been successfully installed, open the Group Policy Management Editor and check the folders in Computer Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates. 

   If you want to deploy the extension to only a subset of users, configure the policies in User Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates instead.

   

Deploy the DeepL browser extension

1. Open the Group Policy Management Editor and go to the folder Administrative Templates
2. Open the configuration setting Configure the list of force installed apps and extensions under Google Chrome | Extensions
   
3. Set the policy to Enabled. 

4. Click Show... and paste the following DeepL Chrome extension ID value with the update URL into the Value field

   cofdbpoegempjloogbagkncekinflcnj;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

   

5. Confirm with OK.
   The Configure the list of force-installed apps and extensions setting is displayed as Enabled. The DeepL browser extension is now distributed and silently installed on the computers or for users covered by the Group Policy with the policy. 
    

Configure additional policies

The DeepL browsers extension uses the storage.managed API, which can be used to set additional policies that control certain behaviors. These extension policies can be applied in the same Group Policy Object used to deploy the DeepL browser extension. The following section describes how to add policies and apply them to users.

1. Open the Group Policy Management Editor and go to Policies | Preferences | Registry
2. Right click in the window and select New | Registry Item. 
   

3. Configure the registry key with the information provided in this article.

   Extension policies are case-sensitive. Make sure you use the correct capitalization.
4. Save the entry with OK. 

Check policies

To check if the policies are applied correctly, use a client computer covered by the Group Policy Object. 

1. To enforce the previous update, run command | gpupdate
   
2. Launch Google Chrome and check if the DeepL browser extension is installed 

3. Navigate in the browser to the following

   chrome://policy

   The applied DeepL extension policies are displayed.