On January 12, 2016, Microsoft will be ending support for all prior versions of Internet Explorer which means for those using Vista, only IE9 will be supported and for Windows 7 and 8, IE11. For companies who are still running older versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has announced a few new features for the its enterprise customers that they believe will help to make the transition a bit easier.
Below are the new features that are now supported with IE11:
It’s important for customers who are using an older version of IE to upgrade as quickly as possible because Microsoft will soon stop patching the older iterations which will leave your network open to vulnerabilities.
Edge is the company’s new browser that ships with Windows 10 but it still has a long way to go before it can replace IE11 for corporate use. Aside from stability issues, the legacy support for older frameworks or pages designed for specific versions of Internet Explorer is not baked into the browser which means corporations will likely have compatibility issues with the browser.
You can view the entire life cycle chart for Internet Explorer here and learn more about the features that are new for IE11 here.