Teams Mobile: Choose your default browser for links
Teams Mobile now lets users choose which browser opens non-Office and non-PDF links. The system default browser or Edge Mobile.
Teams Mobile now lets users choose which browser opens non-Office and non-PDF links. The system default browser or Edge Mobile.
Edge administrators can now prevent users from installing browser apps via the new WebAppInstallByUserEnabled policy, while keeping IT-managed app deployments unaffected.
Edge Enterprise Preview makes it easier to switch between Stable and Beta channels in Edge for Business, but switching back from Beta to Stable can trigger an unexpected browser reset.
Microsoft will soon enable Edge to share browsing history with Microsoft 365 Copilot Search. Learn how to control this behavior.
Edge Workspaces is dropping its collaboration feature as Microsoft moves workspace data from OneDrive to the Edge Sync service. Organizations should notify their users that the collaborative sharing feature in such workspaces will no longer be available.
Microsoft has enabled the new “What’s new” page starting with Edge 145. It opens automatically after major browser updates and highlights the latest features in Edge and Microsoft 365 Copilot for users signed in with Entra ID accounts.
Microsoft is expanding the Edge Management Service to support cross-platform cloud policies for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, giving admins a unified place to manage Edge for Business settings across devices.
Chromium browsers like Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome store protocol handler settings locally in a profile file. If you want to reset that choice, you can manually edit the Preferences file or use PowerShell to remove the old handler settings.
Chromium 141 (Edge and Chrome) will introduce stricter local network access controls. Without the right policy, users will see new permission prompts when using OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 services (such as Microsoft Lists in OneDrive, SharePoint Lists, and document libraries) in the browser. Blocking access disables offline mode and performance optimizations. Admins should configure a new browser policy in advance.
Microsoft has introduced a new Copilot policy in Intune, allowing administrators to control the Copilot Chat button in Edge for Business. Starting with Edge version 141, the previous HubsSidebarEnabled policy will no longer affect the Copilot Chat button visibility. If used, admins should update their configuration.
Microsoft will retire the Editor extensions for Edge and Chrome. Writing assistance is being consolidated into Microsoft Edge’s built-in proofing, offering AI-powered grammar, spelling, and style checks without the need for separate extensions.
The Edge Management Service in the Microsoft Admin Center now includes a new Edge Monitoring Dashboard, which provides an overview of insights into your managed Edge instances and suggests actions you can take.
Admins now can set Intune policies via the Edge management service, alongside the existing cloud policies. This enables admins to deploy both browser policies in the cloud and Intune policies from a single pane.
Microsoft has retired the Work Feed in Edge New Tab. The Microsoft 365 Work feed is now history.
With the stable release of Microsoft Edge 135, Microsoft added a new Feature Usage sync type to Edge enterprise sync.
The new Outlook for Windows now opens links in emails via Edge for Business in the side-by-side view.
Copilot in Edge Mobile will be removed with the release of Edge Mobile 128 and will no longer work in the mobile app from September.
Edge for Business supports user-defined branding for the organization since March.
Similar to Outlook emails, Teams chats now support the side-by-side experience in the Edge browser.