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However, as the admin who deploys Microsoft Edge to users in your organization, you might want more control over how often your users get these new features. Microsoft provides four options, called channels, to control how often Microsoft Edge is updated with new features. Here's an overview of the four options.</p> <p>For more information on support for each channel, read: <a href="/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-support-lifecycle" data-linktype="absolute-path">Microsoft Edge Lifecycle</a></p> <h2 id="channel-overview">Channel overview</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: center;">Channel</th> <th>Primary purpose</th> <th style="text-align: center;">How often updated with new features</th> <th style="text-align: center;">Supported?</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#stable-channel" data-linktype="self-bookmark">Stable</a></td> <td>Broad Deployment</td> <td style="text-align: center;">~4 weeks</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#extended-stable-channel" data-linktype="self-bookmark">Extended Stable</a></td> <td>An enterprise release option for Stable aligned to a longer release cycle</td> <td style="text-align: center;">~8 weeks</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#beta-channel" data-linktype="self-bookmark">Beta</a></td> <td>Representative validation in the organization</td> <td style="text-align: center;">~4 weeks</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#dev-channel" data-linktype="self-bookmark">Dev</a></td> <td>Planning and developing</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Weekly</td> <td style="text-align: center;">No</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#canary-channel" data-linktype="self-bookmark">Canary</a></td> <td>Bleeding edge content</td> <td style="text-align: center;">Daily</td> <td style="text-align: center;">No</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The update channel you decide to deploy depends on several factors. For example, the number of line-of-business applications in use affect your testing requirements every time there's a Microsoft Edge update. To help you make this decision, review the following information about the four update channels that are available for Microsoft Edge.</p> <h3 id="stable-channel">Stable Channel</h3> <p>The Stable Channel is intended for broad deployment in your organization, and it's the channel that most users should be on. It's the most stable of the channels and is the result of the stabilization of the feature set available in the prior Beta Channel release. New features ship about every 4 weeks. Security and quality updates ship as needed. A release from the Stable Channel is serviced until the next release from the channel is available.</p> <h3 id="beta-channel">Beta Channel</h3> <p>The Beta Channel is intended for production deployment to a representative sample set of users. It's a supported release, and each release from Beta is serviced until the next release is available. This channel provides a great opportunity to validate that things work as expected in your environment. If you find an issue, it can be remediated before the release is published to the Stable Channel. New features ship about every 4 weeks. Security and quality updates ship as needed.</p> <h3 id="dev-channel">Dev Channel</h3> <p>The Dev Channel is intended to help you plan and develop with the latest capabilities of Microsoft Edge, but with higher quality than the Canary Channel. This channel is your opportunity to get an early look at what is coming next and prepare for the next Beta release.</p> <h3 id="canary-channel">Canary Channel</h3> <p>The Canary Channel ships daily and is the most bleeding edge of all the channels. If you want access to the newest investments, they appear here first. Because of the nature of this cadence, problems will arise over time. You may want another channel installed side by side if you're using the Canary releases.</p> <h3 id="extended-stable-channel">Extended Stable Channel</h3> <p>Unlike our preview channels (Canary, Dev, and Beta), the Extended Stable Channel isn't available as a separate browser application. This channel is an enterprise release option for the Microsoft Edge Stable application aligned to a longer, 8-week major release cycle. This option is opposed to the 4-week major release cycle for the Stable channel. While we recommend updating Stable on its 4-week release cycle, Extended Stable exists to more effectively serve organizations that may require a longer timeline to test and validate new browser versions.</p> <p>The 8-week "Extended Stable" release option for Microsoft Edge Stable delivers cumulative feature updates that align with <em>even-numbered</em> releases beginning with Microsoft Edge 94. Feature updates from odd-numbered releases are packaged and delivered as part of the subsequent even-numbered release. For example, if an organization selects the 8-week "Extended Stable" release cycle with Microsoft Edge 94, they get subsequent feature updates with Microsoft Edge 96, Microsoft Edge 98, and so on. While feature updates are packaged and delivered with new version releases based on the selected release cycle, important security patches and fixes are delivered as needed. These security updates are independent of the selected release option to help maintain browser security. Customers can opt into the Extended Stable release option at any time, and it will take effect with the next Extended Stable release.</p> <p><img src="media/microsoft-edge-channels/extended-stable-explainer.png" alt="Example comparing Microsoft Edge Stable and Extended Stable release cycle options." data-linktype="relative-path"></p> <h4 id="opting-in-to-the-extended-stable-release-cadence">Opting in to the Extended Stable Release Cadence</h4> <h5 id="opting-in-to-extended-stable-on-windows-with-automatic-updates-recommended">Opting in to Extended Stable on Windows with Automatic Updates (recommended)</h5> <p>If you automatically update Microsoft Edge, you can use group policy objects to opt in to the Extended Stable Release Cadence. <a href="/en-us/DeployEdge/configure-microsoft-edge#1-download-and-install-the-microsoft-edge-administrative-template" data-linktype="absolute-path">Follow this guide</a> for more information on downloading and installing the latest Microsoft Edge Group Policy administrative templates.</p> <ol> <li>Open the local Group Policy Editor and go to <em>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Microsoft Edge Update>Applications>Microsoft Edge></em>.</li> <li>Select <strong>Target Channel override</strong> and then select <strong>Enabled</strong>.</li> <li>Under <strong>Options</strong>, pick <strong>"Extended Stable"</strong> from the Policy dropdown list.</li> </ol> <p>When the next update to the Extended Stable channel is released that has a version number higher than what's currently installed on your device, Microsoft Edge will automatically update onto the Extended Stable channel. The version string on <code>edge://settings/help</code> indicates that you're running a different channel.</p> <div class="NOTE"> <p>Note</p> <p>Opting-in to Extended Stable takes effect when there is a new update on the Extended Stable channel with a larger version number (major or minor) than what is currently installed on your device. If you are running the latest version of Microsoft Edge Stable and opt-in to Extended Stable, it takes effect with the next patch or update of Microsoft Edge.</p> <p>By default, Microsoft Edge will not downgrade itself. If you are currently running an odd-numbered version of Microsoft Edge Stable, opting-in to Extended Stable will mean that you will receive NO updates until the next even-numbered Microsoft Edge release.</p> <p>If you want to ensure that all of your devices start with a specific version of Extended Stable, you can deploy that specific version of Edge Stable as an MSI with rollback enabled. For example, if you want to start with Extended Stable 94 but some devices have already updated to Stable 95, you can deploy an MSI of Edge 94 with rollback enabled. For more information on how to deploy Edge MSIs with rollback enabled, see our <a href="/en-us/DeployEdge/edge-learnmore-rollback" data-linktype="absolute-path">rollback guide</a>.</p> </div> <h5 id="opting-in-to-extended-stable-on-windows-via-intune">Opting in to Extended Stable on Windows via Intune</h5> <p>Microsoft Edge Administrative Templates can be managed similarly to local Group Policy Objects from the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center. Follow our <a href="/en-us/mem/intune/configuration/administrative-templates-configure-edge" data-linktype="absolute-path">guide on configuring Microsoft Edge with Intune</a>.</p> <p>The "<strong>Target Channel override</strong>" setting can be found under the "<em>Microsoft Edge Update >Applications>Microsoft Edge</em>" subfolders. 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