One might think, recalling past antitrust litigation days, that Microsoft would argue that the Chromium-based Edge browser is a component of Windows 10, too, but the company doesn't make such an argument. Microsoft established the Modern Policy four years ago, and it means whatever Microsoft wants it to mean. The Edge browsers, in contrast, follow the Modern Policy, where at best organizations get notified of a product change 30 days in advance. Microsoft's announcement further clarified in a footnote that "Internet Explorer 11 is a component of the Windows operating system and follows the Lifecycle Policy for the product on which it is installed." However, IE 11 still will lose support for Microsoft 365 services next year on Aug. IE 11 ships on Windows 10, so if a version of Windows 10 is still supported, presumably IE 11 is supported, too. IE 11 is "the last version of Internet Explorer," according to a Microsoft FAQ document. The lifespan of IE 11 is tied to the lifecycle of the underlying Windows operating system. IE 11's Life Is Tied to Windows, But Not Edge Microsoft indicated that "after March 9, 2021, the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop app will not receive new security updates." The browser will continue to work, but potentially Microsoft won't patch any of its security holes. Organizations won't be able to use the legacy Edge browser because it will be hitting its end-of-life stage early next year. Microsoft wants organizations to switch to the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, which reached the "general availability" release status back in January. Here are those milestone changes: End-of-support milestones for the Internet Explorer 11 browser and the EdgeHTML ("legacy) Microsoft Edge browser. With regard to Microsoft 365 services, Microsoft specifically noted that Microsoft Teams will no longer have support for IE 11 on Nov. After that August date, IE 11 will "have a degraded experience or will be unable to connect to Microsoft 365 apps and services," the announcement explained. In addition, Microsoft specified that IE 11 will stop working optimally with Microsoft 365 services on Aug. Microsoft on Monday announced a timeline on when support for the Internet Explorer 11 browser and the "legacy" (EdgeHTML) version of the Microsoft Edge browser will end.
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