Microsoft - Internet Explorer 11 retirement information

Microsoft - Internet Explorer 11 retirement information

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The information provided here is now historical but may be of interest nevertheless for customers who are using legacy operating systems.


Current position

  1. Microsoft announced intentions to retire Internet Explorer in 2021 starting with announcement that its Office 365 services would no longer support the browser after 15/06/2022.
  2. Microsoft has put in place redirection notices to use Microsoft Edge when IE11 is opened by the user.
  3. Microsoft completely retired IE11 15/06/20222. From this date forward IE11 is completely disable its operating systems.


Affected operating systems

The operating systems below will also disable the browser at an unspecified time after 15/06/2022:

  1. Windows 8.1
  2. Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU)
  3. Windows Server SAC (all versions)
  4. Windows 10 IoT Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) (all versions)
  5. Windows Server LTSC (all versions)
  6. Windows 10 client LTSC (all versions)

Please find below some useful links surrounding this topic.

  1. Microsoft blog - three months before IE11 retirement enforcement
  2. Internet Explorer 11 - Desktop app retirement
  3. Freedom Scientific JAWS Webinar - Exploring the new Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

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