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I am of course installing the latest Microsoft Edge stable release. I have conducted the test on a non-domain joined Windows Server 2019 with the latest cumulative update. To rule out any domain related configuration like group policy, scripts etc. I have created a small screen recording to shown what is going on. I have also seen that evene if I don’t have a pinned “legacy Edge” shortcut in the taskbar, a pinned shortcut to the new Edge browser i still created, not OK! This means that any legacy Edge browser shortcuts, are replaced with shortcuts to the new Edge app, however we do not have the legacy Edge browser in a server operating system. It is well known that when installing Edge on an up to date Windows 10 machine, the so called “legacy Edge browser” is replaced, Microsoft published an article around the same time as the first stable release of Edge. To be specific, when launching Edge for the first time in Windows Server 2016/2019 (probably also 2012 R2) a pinned taskbar shortcut is created, for no apparent reason.

However as much as I like Edge, I have found that Edge is now doing stuff it shouldn’t be doing. The are so many scenarios where Edge fits right in, so I also spend a great deal of time telling customers and colleagues about the fantastic use cases where Edge might provide new or better functionality or solve an issue in a Citrix VAD setup.

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I have penned an additional Edge article where I focus on how to secure the browser using the Microsoft Security baseline GPO settings.Īs you can see I have spent a great deal of time with Edge, and it has of course also become my first choice of internet browser.

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As you’ll probably notice, this article is focused mainly on how to install Edge in a Citrix setup. It’s been a few months since my very first article on the Microsoft Edge browser, written during Citrix Summit 2020. However in Windows 10, if the legacy Edge browser is pinned to the taskbar before deploying the new Edge browser, it will be replaced with a shortcut to the new Edge browser. I have tested this in both Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10.

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UPDATE – 04-06-2020 (June 4th 2020): As of 83.0.478.44 stable Microsoft has now fixed the install/configuration process, so a pinned shortcut is no longer created.

Solutions in this article are still valid! I uploaded a new screen recording, recorded on a non-domain joined Windows Server 2019 with the latest CU installed and using the latest version of Edge. Any other accounts logging in, will still get the pinned Edge shortcut on the taskbar. It looks like Microsoft implemented a partial fix, which doesn’t pin Edge to the taskbar of the account installing Edge. This means, that you will still get a pinned taskbar Edge shortcut. UPDATE – 06-06-2020 (June 6th 2020): I did not do proper testing during my last update, rather embarrassing. I really love the new Microsoft Edge browser! Most of all because we now have a modern browser which is supported by Microsoft in a server operating system, but also because we are now able to integrate our Microsoft Azure AD/Office 365 account with Edge, which among other things enables favorites and password sync.