Microsoft to Phase Out Internet Explorer 11 15i6l Legacy Edge in 2021

Microsoft Teams will stop ing IE11 as early as November 30, while the remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer the browser starting August 17, 2021. 701o5v

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 18 August 2020 12:42 IST

Microsoft to Phase Out Internet Explorer 11, Legacy Edge in 2021

Microsoft plans to push its existing customers towards Chromium-based Edge browser 1p5x5g

Highlights

Microsoft Teams Web app will be the first to end for IE11
Legacy Edge browser will reach end of life on March 9, 2021
Microsoft has provided a dedicated Internet Explorer mode on Edge

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With Chromium-based Edge browser gaining traction, Microsoft has outlined a plan to phase out Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and the legacy Edge version. The Redmond company has released a phase-out timetable that schedules the departure of IE11 starting November 30. Legacy Edge browser, on the other hand, will reach its end of life in March 2021. The new development by Microsoft comes just seven months after it released the Chromium-based Edge browser for all ed versions of Windows and macOS. It was initially available under a preview.

As per timetable Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer the browser starting August 17, 2021. s will get a “degraded experience or will be unable to connect to Microsoft 365 apps and services” on IE11 after the given dates.

However, Microsoft Edge.

The modern Edge browser Internet Explorer mode to provide s with a way to continue to have the IE11 experience. Microsoft also underlined that the new browser is capable of delivering “faster and more responsive Web access” to Microsoft 365 subscribers.

Alongside phasing out IE11, Microsoft is sunsetting its legacy Edge browser that was based on the proprietary EdgeHTML engine instead of the open-source Chromium project. The legacy browser will reach the end of on March 9, 2021. This means that after the given date, there won't be any new security updates for the legacy Edge browser.

Microsoft has released a timetable for phasing out Internet Explorer 11 and legacy Edge browser

Microsoft hasn't provided any details about the total number of s on the legacy Edge browser, though it mentioned in the blog post that it had upgraded “most of” its Windows 10 s to the new Edge browser. Also, some recent reports Google Chrome.

In January, Microsoft brought the Chromium-based Edge browser out of preview and planning to bundle Chromium-based Edge with Windows 10 later this year - beginning with the release of Windows 10 20H2.

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