Internet Explorer Roadmap Update

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Internet Explorer (IE) is Microsoft’s Web browser for Windows (including Windows RT), Windows Server, Windows Phone, and Xbox. IE releases are relevant to organizations because many internal Web applications are written to support a particular IE version. Application compatibility can affect when an organization can deploy a new version of IE or a version of the Windows OS that includes a new version of IE. In addition, compatibility issues may arise with new devices (such as users’ personal devices) that come with a version of IE not supported by the organization.

IE Follows Windows OS Versions and Support Life Cycle

New Windows versions and updates typically include the newest version of IE, and while the pace of IE releases has sometimes been more frequent than Windows releases, the support life cycle of an IE version is the same as the Windows version on which it is available. (See the chart “Supported Internet Explorer Versions by Windows OS“.)

IE versions have an availability relationship with Windows 8 and 8.1 that includes the following:

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