windows-itpro-docs/browsers/enterprise-mode/enterprise-mode-and-enterprise-site-list-include.md

Enterprise Mode and the Enterprise Mode Site List XML file

The Enterprise Mode Site List is an XML document that specifies a list of sites, their compat mode, and their intended browser. Using Enterprise Mode Site List Manager (schema v.2), you can automatically start a webpage using a specific browser. In the case of IE11, the webpage can also be launched in a specific compat mode, so it always renders correctly. Your employees can easily view this site list by typing about:compat in either Microsoft Edge or IE11.

Starting with Windows 10, version 1511 (also known as the Anniversary Update), you can also restrict IE11 to only the legacy web apps that need it, automatically sending sites not included in the Enterprise Mode Site List to Microsoft Edge.

Site list xml file

This is a view of the raw EMIE v2 schema.xml file. There are equivalent Enterprise Mode Site List policies for both Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11. The Microsoft Edge list is used to determine which sites should open in IE11; while the IE11 list is used to determine the compat mode for a site, and which sites should open in Microsoft Edge. We recommend using one list for both browsers, where each policy points to the same XML file location.

<site-list version="205">
	<!--- File creation header --->
	<created-by>
		<tool>EnterpriseSiteListManager</tool>
		<version>10586</version>
		<date-created>20150728.135021</date-created>
	</created-by>
  	<!--- Begin Site List ---> 
	<site url="www.cpandl.com">
		<compat-mode>IE8Enterprise</compat-mode>
		<open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
	<site url="www.woodgrovebank.com">
		<compat-mode>default</compat-mode>
		<open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
	<site url="adatum.com">
		<compat-mode>IE7Enterprise</compat-mode>
		<open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
	<site url="relecloud.com"/>  
	<!-- default for self-closing XML tag is 
		<compat-mode>default</compat-mode>
		<open-in>none</open-in>
	-->
	<site url="relecloud.com/products">  
		<compat-mode>IE8Enterprise"</compat-mode>
		<open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
	<site url="contoso.com/travel">
		<compat-mode>IE7</compat-mode>
		<open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
	<site url="fabrikam.com">
		 <compat-mode>IE7</compat-mode>
		 <open-in>IE11</open-in>
	</site>
</site-list>