08/19/2020

Daily Buzz: Microsoft Announces the End of Internet Explorer

2021 will mark its official demise

Microsoft is saying goodbye to Internet Explorer, The Next Web reports. Microsoft announced that on August 17, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported by many of its own services, including Outlook, OneDrive and Office 365. And, as of Nov. 30, 2020, it will end support for Internet Explorer in Teams.

“That said, the browser isn’t totally going away; there’s no word on when Internet Explorer will be removed from Windows 10 itself, and businesses will still be able to access sites built specifically for the browser,” said The Next Web’s Napier Lopez.

Microsoft is also planning to drop support for the legacy version of Microsoft Edge, which is based on a later iteration of IE’s browser engine, on March 9, 2021. That version of the browser will no longer receive security updates after that date. In a blog post, the company recommended that users switch to the new Microsoft Edge, which is based on the same technology as Google Chrome.

“Microsoft has been working on killing off Internet Explorer usage and support for years now. The company first unveiled its new Edge browser back in 2015,” said Tom Warren on The Verge. “Microsoft has since labeled Internet Explorer a ‘compatibility solution’ rather than a browser and encouraged businesses to stop using the aging browser.”

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