In the future, we plan to include Microsoft Edge built-in to Windows, to be delivered through a future Windows 10 Feature Update for all customers. Once you have deployed the new Microsoft Edge to your organization, you can configure or restrict updates using the Microsoft Edge Update policies. E ligible Microsoft 365 customers can also take advantage of Fast Track and App Assure support, launching in Q1 of 2020.
When you are ready to deploy the new Microsoft Edge, y ou can lea rn more about rolling out and managing Microsoft Edge across your organization from our enterprise documentation, and you can download our offline deployment packages and administrative policy templates for configuring Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS at our enterprise page. Note that Internet Explorer is not impacted by our automatic rollout.
Organizations that would like to block the automatic delivery of the new Microsoft Edge to devices on Home and Pro Editions with Windows Update enabled can do so either via policies or by downloading and deploying the Blocker Toolkit.
In addition to managed devices, Enterprise, Education, and Workstation Pro Edition devices will not be automatically updated at this time. Managed devices will not be automatically updated to the new Microsoft Edge.
Organizations are in full control of when the new Microsoft Edge will be deployed to their managed devices. You can learn more about Microsoft Edge preview channels in our previous blog post, What to expect in the new Microsoft Edge Insider channels. Y ou can always preview the next major update via the Beta channel-for example, Microsoft Edge 80 will enter the Beta channel soon, and is expected to release to Stable in February. Once you’ve installed Microsoft Edge, it will update independently on a roughly six-week cadence. The a utomatic rollout will maintain your default browser setting – if your default is currently set to a browser other than Microsoft Edge, your setting will carry over once the new Microsoft Edge is installed.
Whether you download today or wait for us to upgrade it on your device, your favorites, passwords, and basic settings will carry over to the new Microsoft Edge automatically. If you don’t want to wait, you can get the new Microsoft Edge at /edge. The new Microsoft Edge will gradually be made available on Windows Update and offered to additional devices as data and feedback indicate that users are having a good experience. Administrators should refer to the “Enterprise updates and options ” section below. C ontact your administrator for more information on updating to the new Microsoft Edge in your organization. Įnterprise and education users will not be automatically upgraded at this time. W e will start to migrate Windows 10 customers to the new Microsoft Edge in the coming weeks, starting with a subset of Windows Insiders in the Release Preview ring.
If you’d prefer not to install Microsoft Edge manually, you can wait for it to be installed in a future update to Windows 10, following our measured roll-out approach over the next several months. Automati c rollout and update roadmap for consumers If you’re using Microsoft Edge on iOS or Android, you don’t need to take any action – your device will update automatically. W eb apps (including those built on EdgeHTML ), and Microsoft Edge preview channels (such as Dev or Canary ) will continue to work without interruption. Your favorites, passwords, and basic settings will carry over to the new Microsoft Edge automatically. I n some cases, you may be prompted to install additional updates. When you install Microsoft Edge on an up-to-date Windows 10 device, it will replace the previous (legacy) version on your device. You can get the new Microsoft Edge for Windows and macOS today by downloading it directly from /edge. Our goal is to make this process as simple and non-intrusive as possible to deliver a great experience, while minimizing risk to users and organizations. T he work of upgrading devices to the new Microsoft Edge across hundreds of millions of Windows PCs around the world won’t happen overnight.
In this post, we’ll walk through what you can expect now that the new Edge channel is open – including how the update will roll out, how you can get started testing and what to expect from the preview channels going forward. You can download the new Microsoft Edge today at /edge. The new Microsoft Edge is now out of preview and available for download, with today’s release of our first Stable channel build ( Microsoft Edge 79 stable ).