Security Review for Microsoft Edge version 152

We have reviewed the new settings in Microsoft Edge version 152 and determined that there are no additional security settings that require enforcement. The Microsoft Edge version 151 security baseline continues to be our recommended configuration which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit.

Microsoft Edge version 152 introduced 4 new Computer and User settings; we have included a spreadsheet listing the new settings to make it easier for you to find.

Starting with version 152 Microsoft Edge is moving to a more frequent release cycle. To better align with the needs of the enterprise customers, the Microsoft Edge security baseline is expected to align with the Extended Stable Channel, which provides major feature updates on an eight-week cadence while continuing to receive security and quality updates between releases. This approach provides organizations with additional time to evaluate and deploy feature changes while ensuring security protections remain current.

Why the change? Security baselines are intended to provide guidance for managing security relevant configuration settings, not to track every feature introduced in a browser release. With the move to a two-week release cadence, publishing baseline updates for every release would increase operational overhead while providing limited security benefit. The Extended Stable cadence offers a more practical balance for enterprise customers by allowing additional time for testing and evaluation, while continuing to receive security and critical fixes between major feature releases.

By aligning with Extended Stable, we can update the baselines less frequently and focus on publishing them earlier in the release cycle, giving IT administrators more time to review and plan for upcoming changes. Our goal is to make security baseline adoption more predictable and easier to manage while continuing to provide timely security guidance.

As a friendly reminder, all available settings for Microsoft Edge are documented here, and all available settings for Microsoft Edge Update are documented here.

Please continue to give us feedback through the Security Baselines Discussion site or this post.