Microsoft Teams, the very popular web conferencing service, will stop working in Internet Explorer 11 starting today (November 30). Therefore, if you have been using Microsoft Teams in Internet Explorer until now, to continue using the service, you will have to switch to Microsoft Edge in order to use it in the browser.
Microsoft had announced this earlier this year, and this is part of the company’s push to move Internet Explorer users to Edge.
Microsoft Teams is not the only thing that Internet Explorer 11 is losing now, the “veteran” browser from the house of Microsoft will also soon lose access to Microsoft 365 services. By August 17 of next year, Microsoft 365 services they will stop working in Internet Explorer. The legacy version of Microsoft Edge will also end support on March 9 of next year.
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All of these changes were announced by Microsoft in a blog post earlier this year where the company had said that Internet Explorer 11 will not go away, but the amount of mileage you can get from the browser will be greatly reduced. Also, with the legacy Microsoft Edge coming to an end of support, it’s obvious that Microsoft will focus entirely on the Chromium-powered version of Microsoft Edge.
The timeline for the end of services announced by Microsoft. (Microsoft)
“We are announcing that Microsoft 365 applications and services will no longer be compatible with Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) at this time next year. As of November 30, 2020, the Microsoft Teams web application will no longer be compatible with IE. 11. As of August 17, 2021, the remaining Microsoft 365 applications and services will no longer be compatible with IE 11, ”Microsoft said.
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“This means that after the above dates, customers will have a degraded experience or will not be able to connect to Microsoft 365 applications and services in IE 11. For degraded experiences, new Microsoft 365 features will not be available or certain features may leave working when accessing the application or service through IE 11. While we know this change will be difficult for some customers, we believe customers will get the most out of Microsoft 365 when using the new Microsoft Edge. We are committed to helping make this transition as smooth as possible, ”explained the company.
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