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MC851615Compose in the Microsoft Edge sidebar is being retired

This announcement expired on Oct 7, 2024 and is no longer active in Message Center.

Summary

The Compose feature in Microsoft Edge for Business sidebar will be retired in late August, 2024, affecting users with an Entra ID. No action is required, but informing users is suggested.

More information

Updated August 6, 2024: We have updated the timing of this change to show as originally intended. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Starting in late August 2024, the Compose feature in the Microsoft Edge for Business sidebar will be retired. As a result, users signed in with an Entra ID will no longer have access to the Compose tab on the Edge sidebar. We plan to continue to invest our development resources into bringing new writing capabilities to Edge in the future.

When this will happen:

Late August 2024

How this will affect your organization:

The Compose experience will be available in the Microsoft Edge for Business sidebar until late August 2024. After this date, users signed in with an Entra ID will no longer be able to use Compose in the Edge sidebar.

What you need to do to prepare:

There is no action required by you. However, you may want to inform your users about this upcoming change.


Version history

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  1. Aug 6, 2024 - 09:29 PMLatest - v2

    Changed: Body, Tags

  2. Aug 5, 2024 - 10:39 PMOriginal - v1

    Changed: Initial version