Forum Discussion
Current Beta the RELEASE Candidate
UPDATE: In a https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/11/04/edge-chromium-release-candidate-get-ready/ (November 4), Karl Pflug and John Jansen note:
"This morning, we released Microsoft Edge Beta version 79, which is the final Beta before the new Microsoft Edge is generally available, also known as the “Release Candidate.” On January 15th, we expect to release the “Stable” channel, at which point Microsoft Edge will be generally available to download on Windows and macOS."
This strongly suggests that version 79 will be the released version on January 15.
tomscharbach Reports from Ignite stated that if you installed the "release preview" it would replace the old Edge browser. Has anyone tried installing "https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/"? Does it really replace the old Edge?
Watney "Reports from Ignite stated that if you installed the "release preview" it would replace the old Edge browser. Has anyone tried installing "https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/"? Does it really replace the old Edge?"
I think that it is important to remember that the Beta version for Windows 10 Enterprise (available from the https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/enterprise?form=MO12G5&OCID=MO12G5**) might be different from the Beta version for Windows 10 Home/Pro (available from the https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/), so it is possible that the Enterprise Beta might behave differently from the W10 Home/Pro Beta, which most of us on this Forum are using.
Like you, I've heard that the Enterprise Beta, when installed on a Windows 10 Enterprise build, does overwrite both IE and Edge (Classic). That does not, obviously, happen with the Beta for Windows 10 Home/Pro***.
I don't have a Windows 10 Enterprise build on which I can test the Enterprise Beta, so I can't personally say one way or the other. I have a friend (a man I mentored in the early stages of his IT career) who is now in senior IT management at the enterprise level, and I will ask him what he knows about Enterprise Beta's installation and post-installation behaviors. I imagine someone in his organization is testing that Beta, and I might find something out that I can pass along. If I do find out anything that might be relevant, I'll pass it on.
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** The Enterprise Beta is distributed as an MSI (MicrosoftEdgeBetaEnterpriseX64.msi), designed for deployment/use in a Windows 10 Enterprise environment. The Beta for Windows 10 Home/Pro (MicrosoftEdgeSetupBeta.exe) is an executable.
*** Just to make sure, I uninstalled the Beta on a Windows 10 Pro computer and on a Windows 10 Home computer, then installed the Beta on both computers from the Microsoft Windows Insiders site. The Beta snapped right in (with the new logo) and uninstall is active on both computers. So if there is an uninstall issue, it is probably limited to the Enterprise Beta. As a side note, the Beta build that updated yesterday was 79.0.309.11 and the build I just installed is 79.0.309.12. I would imagine that the only change is the logo.