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This page describes the features and details of Chromium’s central management of
policies and preferences.

Chromium supports methods of managing the browser's behavior centrally, through
group policy, MCX files, and external configuration files. This gives you, as an
administrator, a way to manage the installations of Chromium-based browsers in
your organization.

These policies are strictly intended to be used to configure instances of Chrome
internal to your organization. Use of these policies outside of your
organization (for example, in a publicly distributed program) is considered
malware and will likely be labeled as malware by Google and anti-virus vendors.

**Getting Started**

*   [Windows Quick Start](/administrators/windows-quick-start)
*   [Mac Quick Start](/administrators/mac-quick-start)
*   [Linux Quick Start](/administrators/linux-quick-start)
*   [Turning off Auto-Updates](/administrators/turning-off-auto-updates)
*   [Full list of supported
            Policies](https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/)

**Full Documentation**

*   [Common problems and
            solutions](/administrators/common-problems-and-solutions)
*   [Policy templates](/administrators/policy-templates)
*   [Configuring other preferences that are not
            policies](/administrators/configuring-other-preferences)
*   [Configuring Apps and Extensions by
            Policy](/administrators/configuring-policy-for-extensions)
*   [Pre-installing
            Extensions](/administrators/pre-installed-extensions)
*   [Frequently Asked
            Questions](/administrators/frequently-asked-questions)
*   [Supported directory path
            variables](/administrators/policy-list-3/user-data-directory-variables)
*   [Known
            Issues](http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list?can=2&q=Feature%3DEnterprise)
*   [iOS MDM Policy Format](/administrators/ios-mdm-policy-format)
*   [Advanced Integration for SAML SSO on Chrome
            Devices](/administrators/advanced-integration-for-saml-sso-on-chrome-devices)
*   [Guide for Chrome OS SAML SSO smart card
            integration](/administrators/guide-for-chrome-os-saml-sso-smart-card-integration)
*   [Complex policies on
            Windows](/administrators/complex-policies-on-windows)
*   [Policies on
            Webview](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/webview_policies.md)
*   [Administrative Log Messages](/administrators/log-messages)

You can view all of the Enterprise feature requests and bugs sorted by their
milestone on the [Chromium bug
tracker](http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list?can=2&q=Cr%3DEnterprise&mode=grid&y=&x=Mstone&cells=tiles).
