We normally do not allow IE updates, but we got a pallet of new computers with IE11 preinstalled on them from Dell.  I figured now is a good time to get this working in our environment.

The issue is that under our group policy settings are not putting the websites we need in compatibility mode.  I have verified the group policy is applied to my computer using rsop.msc and I verified the settings in there.  However when I try to visit our loan application which runs at http://192.168.1.9 it shows a browser not supported message and says to use IE 5.5 or later.  Well if one were to manually add the site in compatibility mode, then it would work.  So we want to avoid the calls to IT Support on how to add sites to compatibility mode and just control it from our end via Group Policy.

So under User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Compatibility View : we have these set:

Include updated Web site lists from Microsoft - Enabled

Use Policy List of Internet Explorer 7 sites - Enabled

  Show:

   http://192.168.1.9    (our lending application)

   https://another website

   http://192.168.1.15   (our lending application test site for new upcoming releases)