Microsoft's new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser has been out for some time now. Microsoft releases new versions of the browser regularly by following the Chromium release schedule closely.
Microsoft Edge supports automatic updates and most updates are being pushed to the browser automatically using the system.
Microsoft Edge users may run manual checks for updates in the browser to download available updates before they are picked up by the browser's update engine itself.
All that needs to be done is to load edge://settings/help in the browser's address bar. Edge displays the current version and will run an update check at the same time. Any new version of the browser that is found will be downloaded and installed automatically at this point.
Microsoft Edge 83: Progressive Rollouts
Starting with Microsoft Edge 83, a browser that is been released in May 2020, Microsoft changed the distribution of updates from being made available to all systems to a progressive rollout system.
Progressive rollouts limit the availability of the update by rolling updates out gradually over a period of time. Microsoft uses the time to monitor the update process and gather feedback to react more quickly to issues that may arise.
By monitoring the health of our updates closely and rolling out the updates over the course of several days, we can limit the impact of issues that might occur with the new update. With Microsoft Edge release 83, Progressive Rollouts will be enabled for all Windows 7, Windows 8 & 8.1, and Windows 10 versions of Microsoft Edge. We will support Microsoft Edge on Mac as soon as it is ready.
Microsoft assigns an upgrade value to each installation of Edge. The browser will be selected automatically for the upgrade based on the value. The company notes that regular updates may take several days to reach all systems and that security and critical updates are pushed out faster.
A major downside of using progressive rollouts is that it is no longer possible to get the update right away. A check for manual updates, one of the ways to force downloading and installing new updates on Chrome, does not pick up these updates if the upgrade value is not below the active update value range. It is possible that Microsoft is going to alter the process to provide users interested in upgrading early with an opportunity to do so.
The only option that Windows users have to download the latest version of the web browser right away is offered via the company's Update Catalog website. Microsoft posts Edge updates there as soon as they become available and users interested in downloading and installing the new version right away need to use it to do so.
Here is how that is done:
Another exception to the rule are Enterprise customers that manage distribution via WSUS or Configuration Manager (not Microsoft Intune). Administrators manage Edge updates and may download and install them right away or at another point in time after release.
- Load the following URL in your browser of choice: Microsoft Update Catalog
- Note that it displays the updates for Edge 83. Modify the search query, e.g. to Edge 84 or Edge 85, to get results for that version.
- Find the two Stable listings (one for 32-bit (x86) and one for 64-bit (64-bit).
- Click on the one that you want to download. A new window opens.
- Click on the file that is listed in the window to download it to your system. Edge is offered as a Cab file.
- Extract it by double-clicking on it.
- Run the installer by double-clicking on it and wait for the installation to complete.
- Edge has been updated to the new version.
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I think @Nightwalker has a better suggestion, just go here for the latest versions:
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Funny thing:
downloading this binary go over a insecure, non-encrypted HTTP connection!:
Because of that, i can't download files from that site
downloading this binary go over a insecure, non-encrypted HTTP connection!:
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/*/MicrosoftEdgeEnterpriseX64.msiBecause of that, i can't download files from that site
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And what exactly is the point of all this? The update will eventually come by itself.
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That's unfortunate.
You can submit feedback through the Edge browser.
Just done that.
I have added the HTTPS Everywhere to Edge.
That allows me to block all non-HTTPS connections, but you can allow a download like this one just for this session.
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That's correct, but with HTTPS Everywhere you can make an exception, permanently or just for this browser session:
- Jul 29, 2017
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Of course, you're right.
We just want the new stuff right away
You guys are update junkies..
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Just add one (1) rule to AdGuard (rule is shown in the image), to achieve the same (blocked by default, proceed anyway when you want to continue to the HTTP website).
When you want to make a permanent exception add the domain (in this example onlinenederlands.nl and anotherwebsite.com and somemoretoallow.org): the ~ symbols means NOT, the | symbol is a PIPE to add more exceptions. In the rule below all HTTP websites (documents) are blocked except for the domains onlinenederlands.nl or anotherwebsite.com or somemoretoallow.org.
HTTP^$document,domain=~onlinenederlands.nl|~anotherwebsite.com|~somemoretoallow.org
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A great idea, unfortunately with the filter HTTP:^$document I can't use the dropdown boxes anymore on Download Microsoft Edge for Business - Microsoft
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HTTP:^$document,domain=~microsoft.com|~onlinenederlands.nl|~AnyOtherWebsiteYouWantToAllow.org
Just download it from microsoft tech community
edited to add. You'll get version 83
edited to add. You'll get version 83
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For whatever reason that line makes the page stop responding I get a code hung error.
Without that line the page loads fine, but no HTTP blocking.
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It's maybe an AdGuard bug. Opening the filter log also makes that page hang.
Can I use the same line in uBlock Origin?
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Yes should work with uBo and ABP
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One day Microsoft will copy Apple and have the futuristic dream feature; Automatic Updates for Windows. But for now, Users have to manually download every updated file from Microsoft servers, extract from ZIP package, disable Windows File Verification Protection, replace the old with new version, and then re-enable the WFVP. Takes a while, but that's the only way for now.
However some leaks suggest it's coming in Windows Series X in 2022.
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