Security News > 2020 > October > Microsoft begins to finally kill off Internet Explorer
Microsoft is taking further steps to kill off the antiquated Internet Explorer in favor of its new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser.
Starting in recent versions of Microsoft Edge, when Internet Explorer visits an incompatible site, the browsing session will automatically be launched in Microsoft Edge to continue the browsing session.
In addition to the redirects, Microsoft also plans on disabling support for Internet Explorer in various services offered by Microsoft.
In an August blog post, Microsoft also stated that Microsoft Teams would no longer support Internet Explorer 11 starting on November 30th. Microsoft will ultimately end all support for Internet Explorer across all its services on August 17th, 2021.
Update 10/30/20: Microsoft told BleepingComputer that Internet Explorer will still be able to login to Microsoft accounts on November 13th. Updated the article accordingly.