Announcing the launch of Edge for Business security connectors

Version 136.0.3240.50: May 1, 2025
Fixed various bugs and performance issues, Dev channel updates, feature updates, policy updates, and web platform release notes.

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Dev Channel updates
The following Dev channel updates preceded this Stable channel release. The following Dev notes provide detailed information about the changes in each release.

• Dev Channel update to 136.0.3193.0 is live. | Microsoft Community Hub
• Dev Channel update to 136.0.3193.2 is live. | Microsoft Community Hub
• Dev Channel update to 136.0.3193.8 is live. | Microsoft Community Hub

Fixes

• Fixed an issue which caused some customers to unexpectedly start seeing the sidepane open (when the sidebar was in the OFF state) with context when clicking on Teams and Outlook links

Feature updates

• New feature available in Microsoft Edge for Business. Announcing the launch of Edge for Business security connectors. Microsoft Edge for Business offers seamless, native integration with existing security solutions through Edge for Business connectors, enhancing device trust, reporting and data loss prevention capabilities. Admins can easily deploy, configure, and manage connectors through the Edge management service. Edge for Business supports a wide range of security providers, offering key controls and capabilities familiar to Admins. For more information, see Connectors Overview | Microsoft Learn.
• Rework of Work Feed on Edge New Tab Page (NTP). The Work Feed experience, available on the New Tab Page (NTP) for Work Feed-eligible Commercial users with a Microsoft 365 subscription, will have changing and updated functionalities. These changes include renewed focus on productivity and M365 modules. Starting in mid-April 2025, users will have an updated My Feed experience rolling out on the enterprise new tab page. Users will no longer be able to view content and activity from their network, and instead will experience quick access to recently used M365 documents, recent SharePoint sites, upcoming Outlook events, M365 apps, and To-Do tasks.
• New tab page policies continue to be enforced and not impacted by this updated Work Feed experience. For more information, see Microsoft Edge Enterprise new tab page and The 'Work feed' tab in Microsoft Edge.
• Find your Edge profile in the toolbar. With multiple tabs open, the tab strip is valuable space for you to find the right tabs quickly. To increase visibility of tab titles, we have moved the Profile pill to the toolbar. It will also appear as a minimized icon only, without a text label, by default. Admins can use the ProfileTypeInProfileButtonEnabled policy to control whether the label for the work or school profile type is shown in the profile button. Update as of Microsoft Edge version 136.0.3240.45+: Companies with organization branding changes configured through the Edge management service will experience these Profile pill changes.
• Change to Microsoft Edge updates alerting. Updates to Microsoft Edge appears as a badge on the Settings and more menu (“…” on the menu bar).
• Enhancements to performance, secure network, and edge updates. Microsoft is introducing two improvements to the Settings and more menu (“…” on the menu bar). The first makes it easier to discover when a user can update their browser from the Settings and more menu. Second, browser essentials is being separated into two distinct experiences (Performance, Secure Network) - both available from the Settings and more menu. Note: These features are a controlled feature rollout. If you don't see these features, check back as we continue our rollout.
• New Password Manager policy. The PasswordExportEnabled policy lets administrators control whether the Export Password button in edge://wallet/passwords is enabled. If the policy is disabled, the Export Password button is unavailable, preventing password exports.
• HTTPS Policy Updates. The AutomaticHttpsDefault policy is deprecated in Microsoft Edge version 136 and is planned to be obsoleted in Microsoft Edge version 139. The new policy to replace this is HttpsUpgradesEnabled which is available in Microsoft Edge version 136.
• Secure Password Deployment in the Edge management service. The secure password deployment feature in the Edge management service enables admins to deploy encrypted shared passwords to a set of users, allowing them to log into websites seamlessly without ever seeing the actual passwords. This reduces the risk of unauthorized access and enhances the organization's overall security posture. Note: This experience is in public preview and can be accessed by opting in to targeted release in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• Elevating top settings and improving settings page navigability. To make finding browser settings more efficient, Microsoft Edge is introducing three navigation improvements to Edge Settings. We aren’t changing the functionality of any setting, and all the settings stay on the same page as they're today but will be behind clickable sections. These changes are as follows.

1. Introduce quick access to the most used Settings actions on the first place users land when entering Edge Settings (the Profiles page). Clicking the button with the name of the setting navigates users directly to its location.
2. Make densely populated Settings pages (such as Privacy, search, and services, Appearance, Cookies and site permissions, System and performance) easier to navigate by introducing quick access to the most used actions located on that page. Clicking the button with the name of the setting takes users directly to its location.
3. For these densely populated pages, each lengthy section of settings will be a clickable "table of contents" with descriptive subtexts. This helps users locate settings directly and avoid unnecessary scrolling.

• Extensions in Edge Settings. Enabling users to find extensions in Browser Settings (edge://settings) through addition of "Extensions" navigation menu and search functionalities across installed extensions. Note: This is a controlled feature rollout. If you don't see this feature, check back as we continue our rollout.
• Monitoring in the Edge management service. The Edge management service offers an overview of insights about your managed Edge instances and suggests actions you can take. For out-of-date devices, you can easily schedule updates or notify users to update their browsers to avoid workflow interruptions.

Policy updates
New policies

• HttpsUpgradesEnabled - Enable automatic HTTPS upgrades
• PasswordExportEnabled - Enable exporting saved passwords from Password Manager
• ProfileTypeInProfileButtonEnabled - Controls the display of the profile button label for the work or school profile

Deprecated policies

• AutomaticHttpsDefault - Configure Automatic HTTPS (deprecated)

Obsoleted policies

• EnhanceSecurityModeOptOutUXEnabled - Manage opt-out user experience for Enhanced Security Mode (ESM) in Microsoft Edge (obsolete)
• NewBaseUrlInheritanceBehaviorAllowed - Allows enabling the feature NewBaseUrlInheritanceBehavior (obsolete)
• RSAKeyUsageForLocalAnchorsEnabled - Check RSA key usage for server certificates issued by local trust anchors (obsolete)