Microsoft Edge for Business to Launch This Month

Microsoft announced that its Microsoft Edge for Business dedicated work experience will arrive as part of Edge version 116 later this month. The feature has been available in preview since it was announced at Build 2023 in May.

“Microsoft Edge was designed with the specific needs of businesses and organizations in mind, with enterprise-grade security, productivity, management, and now AI, built-in,” Microsoft’s Rick Turner writes in the announcement post. “Microsoft Edge for Business is the next step in the journey to deliver the best browser for business across all platforms, with enhanced separation of work and personal browsing, unmanaged device support, and more coming soon.”

Edge for Business is centrally managed by your organization’s IT staff so that it can be configured for optimal productivity and security. It offers minor visual differences from the traditional Edge interface, like a briefcase overlay on the Edge icon and some custom branding around your user profile, and you can access your personal browser settings and content via a separate Edge window. When you browse to work-related sites, they will open in Edge for Business (not regular Edge), and you (as the user) can configure which sites should do so (in Edge settings or via a toggle in the address bar).

Existing policies, settings, and configurations that were created by your organization will automatically transition to Edge for Business, Microsoft notes.

Microsoft Edge for Business will be enabled automatically with the release of Edge 116 for all customers who sign in using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, or AAD). Edge for Business is coming to the mobile versions of Edge “in the future,” Microsoft says.

You can learn more about Microsoft Edge for Business on the Microsoft Learn website.