{"id":183,"date":"2016-01-08T10:34:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T10:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/industry\/2016\/01\/08\/upgrade-to-ie-11-or-windows-10-with-edge\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T10:34:26","slug":"upgrade-to-ie-11-or-windows-10-with-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/cross-industry\/2016\/01\/08\/upgrade-to-ie-11-or-windows-10-with-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade to IE 11 or Windows 10 with Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are the droids you’re looking for<\/em><\/h3>\n

Has your organisation upgraded to Internet Explorer 11? Are there folks in the organisation who have are still particularly attached to older browser versions (or maybe just haven\u2019t made upgrading a priority)? While there are a number of compelling business reasons to upgrade, I want to add another slightly less well known reason: BB-8.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a particularly electrifying moment from Star Wars Celebration last April, an event for fans of the Star Wars universe, when BB-8, a droid from the new movie Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens<\/em>, rolls onstage. What was remarkable was the instant and overwhelmingly positive response that fans have had to BB-8, especially given the love fans have for his predecessor, R2-D2: the most loved movie robot in history. There\u2019s a clearly audible gasp from the crowd. Grown men stare gape-mouthed in child-like wonder.<\/p>\n

So why have fans become so enamoured of BB-8 so quickly? There are a few reasons. First, designers have taken the best of what we love about R2-D2 and incorporated it into BB-8. He looks and sounds familiar, and seems to have the same dependable, inquisitive nature and plucky can-do attitude as R2-D2. Second, he\u2019s clearly a generation evolved: while his head remains level, his football-shaped body is able to roll in all directions. He seems nimbler and more agile, and may just have a few more gadgets up his sleeves than R2.<\/p>\n

The same thing can be said for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge. While they look and feel like their predecessors in the IE family, they also operate faster, provide more fluid navigation and can adapt better to their surroundings (whether a desktop or mobile environment). So while older versions of Internet Explorer have become as familiar to users as R2-D2, we realise that there are times to make room for the next generation.<\/p>\n

So starting on 12 January, only the current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates. If you want your browsing experience to continue to have state of the art security, performance, backward compatibility and more it\u2019s time to consider moving to IE11. Of course, if you own one of the 110M+ devices that is running Windows 10, you\u2019re already experiencing the more personal and productive web through Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n

Five more reasons to upgrade to IE11:<\/h2>\n