Microsoft 365 apps won’t support Internet Explorer starting next month
Starting next month, if you want to use Microsoft 365 apps and services, you’ll have to use a modern browser.
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What you need to know
Microsoft continues its march away from Internet Explorer. Starting on August 17, 2021, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer work with Internet Explorer 11. After that date, people who choose to keep using Internet Explorer 11 with Microsoft 365 apps will “have a degraded experience,“according to Microsoft. In some cases, people won’t be able to connect to the apps and services from the outdated browser at all.
“Beginning August 17, 2021, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and users may have a degraded experience, or be unable to connect to, those apps and services,” explains Microsoft. “These apps and services will phase out over weeks and months to ensure a smooth end of support, with each app and service phasing out on independent schedules.”
After August 17, 2021, support won’t be available for people who run into issues trying to access Microsoft 365 apps and services through Internet Explorer 11.
People shouldn’t expect any new features, and “daily usage experience could get progressively worse over time until the apps and services are disconnected,” explains Microsoft.
The company outlines the application experience that people will have with Internet Explorer 11 starting on August 17, 2021:
Microsoft has been clear about the end of support for Internet Explorer 11 for quite some time. Companies and consumers will have to migrate over to more modern solutions if they want to continue to use Microsoft 365 apps and services.
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