

Microsoft has been urging customers to switch to Microsoft Edge with IE mode for years since it enables backward compatibility and will receive support until at least 2029. The list of incompatible sites includes 7,562 domains belonging to high-profile online platforms and services, including Facebook, Microsoft Teams, Instagram, Google Drive, Twitter, and many others. Starting in October 2020, IE11 has been automatically launching Microsoft Edge when visiting incompatible sites. Microsoft will also remove all IE11 visual references (including icons on the taskbar and the Start Menu), starting with the May non-security preview release scheduled for May 23. Organizations that have not transitioned to Microsoft Edge with IE mode may face immediate business disruption,” the company added. “Organizations that have already transitioned from IE11 to Microsoft Edge with IE mode will not be impacted by the disablement. The Edge update is now rolling out to the Microsoft Edge Stable channel over the next week via a progressive rollout process. “Devices that have not already been redirected from IE11 to Microsoft Edge will be redirected with today’s Microsoft Edge update.” “As previously announced, the out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application will be permanently disabled on certain versions of Windows 10 starting today, February 14, 2023,” Microsoft said. This follows previous warnings that IE11 would be permanently disabled this month and a June 15 announcement revealing that the legacy web browser would get disabled via a Windows update. Microsoft says the Internet Explorer 11 desktop web browser will be disabled on some Windows 10 systems starting today via a Microsoft Edge update.
