In January of this year, Microsoft formally introduced the new Edge browser based on the Chromium engine. It introduced a bunch of new features compared to the previous UWP-based version, now known as Edge Legacy, as well as support for Chrome extensions, profiles, and more. Of course, the new version of Edge is set to eventually replace Edge Legacy, and Microsoft has said that Windows 10 will ship version 20H2 for the first time with the new browser.
Microsoft announced today that it is poised to drop support for Edge Legacy, which means it will no longer receive security updates. This will happen on March 9, 2021, at which point most Windows 10 users should already have the new Edge, as the browser is being pushed by Windows Update.
Microsoft also announced that many of its web-based services, such as Office on the Web and Teams, will stop supporting Internet Explorer 11. In fact, Teams will stop supporting IE11 as early as November 30, which means you may not can use the service completely, if experience some sort of problem with it. The rest of Microsoft 365 will stop using browser support for a full year from today, on August 17, 2021.
One of the big new features of the new Edge is IE Mode, which is meant to ensure full compatibility with legacy apps and websites that require IE11. This essentially means that IE11 apps will be housed in a tab in Edge, function like a normal website, thus eliminating the need to use a modern browser and IE11 at the same time. However, this is a property that is business only.
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