Security News > 2022 > June > Is your organization ready for Internet Explorer retirement?

June 15, 2022, is the day that Microsoft will stop supporting most versions of Internet Explorer 11, and organizations should have ensured that they ready for its retirement.

Starting tomorrow, the company will no longer support the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application on some versions of Windows 10, namely: Windows 10 client SKUs and Windows 10 IoT. When trying to open IE, users of those OSes will be "Redirected" to Microsoft Edge, i.e., the new browser will open after a notification message.

After a while - Microsoft didn't specify when - "IE will be permanently disabled through a future Windows Update on all devices with Windows platforms that are in-scope for IE retirement."

"For supported operating systems, Internet Explorer 11 will continue receiving security updates and technical support for the lifecycle of the Windows version on which it is installed," the company explained, but noted that "The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge.".

"From our perspective, it's not a complete surprise that only a fifth of the Windows 10 devices are on the latest version, or that Internet Explorer EOL will affect so many," noted Roel Decneut, Chief Strategy Officer at Lansweeper.

Microsoft has urged ogranizations not to avoid or skip Windows updates to keep IE11, because Windows updates contain critical operating system security patches.

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