Microsoft Edge Overview
Microsoft Edge is Microsoft's web browser for Windows and macOS. Since 2020 it has been rebuilt on the open-source Chromium project — the same foundation as Google Chrome — replacing the original EdgeHTML engine, so it uses the Blink rendering engine and V8 and can run most extensions from the Chrome Web Store as well as Microsoft's own add-ons store. Edge is the default browser on Windows 11 and adds features aimed at productivity and the enterprise: Collections for gathering web research, vertical tabs, a built-in PDF reader, and an Internet Explorer (IE) mode that renders legacy intranet sites for organizations that still depend on them. For managed deployment, Microsoft publishes dedicated offline installers, including enterprise MSI packages, separate from the small consumer stub downloader. The offline installer contains the full browser and installs without a network connection, which suits imaging new machines, rolling out a standard build across an organization, or archiving a specific version. Signing in with a Microsoft or Microsoft Entra (work) account syncs favorites, passwords, and settings. This page links to Microsoft's official Microsoft Edge download.
