

With this release, admins now have the ability to disable the Discover app and still keep the Sidebar. If admins enable the Discover app, hovering and clicking the toolbar button will invoke both the sidebar tower, and the new discover experience. As communicated in our last release ( Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel), the sidebar now includes a toolbar button by default to access the experience. In this release, the sidebar has been enhanced to increase productivity and improve user experience.

The Microsoft Edge sidebar lets users access productivity tools side-by-side with their browsing window. For more information, see Microsoft Edge and Adobe partner to improve the PDF experience. Administrators can start testing the new Microsoft Edge PDF reader which is powered by the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine by enabling the NewPDFReaderEnabled policy. As part of the Adobe and Microsoft collaboration to re-envision the future workplace and your digital experiences, we are natively embedding the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine into the Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader, with a release scheduled in March 2023.

New Microsoft Edge PDF experience policy. Stable channel security updates are listed here. To learn more, see Site compatibility-impacting changes coming to Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge Web Platform constantly evolves to improve user experience, security, and privacy. To learn more, see Progressive rollouts for Microsoft Edge updates. For the Stable Channel, updates will roll out progressively over one or more days.
