Microsoft will begin pushing Internet Explorer (IE) 9 to users in earnest starting at the end of June 2011, using its Windows Update mechanism, officials said this week.
From All About Microsoft:
From All About Microsoft:
I asked a Microsoft spokesperson for more details about the coming rollout. Will it be staggered? How many weeks/months will it take? Will the updates be designated as “important” or “critical”? I was told ““We will have more to share on the delivery of IE9 via WU and WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) in the coming months.”Microsoft to push IE 9 broadly via Windows Update in late June
This isn’t the first time Microsoft will be pushing a version of Internet Explorer using Windows Update. Microsoft did the same with IE 8. In IE8’s case, on Windows XP and Server 2003, the update as marked as high-priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it was designated as “Important.” Users were prompted as to whether they wanted to be asked about installing IE 8 later, to install it immediately or to not install it.