Since its legacy browser will be officially retired on June 15, Microsoft now encourages organizations to avoid waiting until the last moment to stop using Internet Explorer. In a recent blog post on the software giant’s Tech Community page, Eric Van Aelstyn, hardware senior product manager, recommended that businesses still using IE set their own replacement date instead of this one.
Consumers and most businesses have now switched to Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome or other modern browsers, but some organizations still use IE to access certain sites. While Microsoft has repeatedly warned businesses that IE will officially retire this year, not all companies seem to have plans to switch to another browser yet.
Aelstyn points out that “waiting for something to happen can be stressful, especially in complex IT environments,” and therefore urges companies to take action by planning their own deadlines.
To prepare for IE’s deprecation, organizations must ensure that IE mode is set in Edge to allow their employees to access IE-connected sites in the future. Thanks to the IE mode in Edge, everything should work as usual in Microsoft’s modern browser.
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