IE11 Enterprise Model

What is an enterprise model?

Many netizens are very interested in the new enterprise model of IE11, and users are also asking about the forum. In fact, the enterprise model is not as powerful as we think, but occasional use is also a good choice.

Enterprise mode, as its name implies, is a model for enterprise users. It aims to solve the compatibility problem of some enterprise users who are using the company's internal or other old web applications. Because many enterprises are still using old web applications, these applications can only run on IE8 (because IE8 supports XP and Win7 ), however, due to the use of some old code and functions, there may be compatibility issues in IE9 or later versions, therefore, the new IE11 enterprise model in this update is aimed at the needs of enterprise users, mainly to make these websites better run on IE11. The most effective way to configure and manage it is to centrally deploy and configure it through the enterprise IT administrator. In the new enterprise model, features including UA, ActiveX controls, and some deleted features are fixed and upgraded, which allows IE to better simulate the old browser and improve compatibility. For enterprises, you can easily upgrade the operating system, browsers, and other software services to reduce the compatibility problems caused by browser upgrades caused by the old web applications of enterprises and reduce costs.

For example, if you open a website in enterprise mode, a small icon is displayed on the left of the address bar to indicate that the website is opened in enterprise mode:

How to Use the enterprise model?

After learning about the Enterprise mode, let's talk about how to use the enterprise mode. We recommend that you install the corresponding version because you need to modify the Group Policy (or the registry.

Enable Enterprise mode:

First, you must enable relevant settings in the group policy, such:

• Enable and use enterprise mode from the "tool" menu

After this feature is enabled, you can see the enterprise mode option in the IE menu-tool. If a website has a compatibility problem, you can manually select this option to access in enterprise mode.

• Use Enterprise mode IE website list

This setting is used to specify the list of websites that need to be opened in enterprise mode due to compatibility issues. For example, I specified an xml file on the local desktop as the source.

Of course, this setting can also be completed in the Registry as follows:

Maintain the website list:

During daily use, you can manually enable enterprise mode for websites with compatibility issues, and manually enable the same memory function (that is, you do not need to enable it again after enabling it once)

Similarly, we can use the specified website list described above to perform operations more conveniently. Here we can manually write XML files, such:

Of course, there are more convenient methods. Microsoft provides a "enterprise website list manager" to help us better maintain this list: press me

After the download and installation are complete, you can see that the usage is very simple. Click Add to enter the URL, description, and select the mode to use for the website (Enterprise mode and standard mode) open. For example, if you choose to enable bbs.pcbeta.com in enterprise mode:

Save the settings.

After adding and maintaining the List, you can see the configured List, for example:

After all the modifications, you can click File-Save to xml to export them as XML files, and then specify the corresponding location in the Group Policy.

You can also delete the list, export and import the list in the software. This is not described here.

The above is just a simulated operation. In the actual enterprise IT network management application, you can configure a unified group policy to complete this operation. Similarly, the enterprise-mode website list manager also needs a detailed configuration management, here is a simple and practical introduction.

Finally, do we need this function as a common user?

Theoretically, it is not quite necessary. Based on the information I have learned, since the release of IE11, Microsoft has done a lot of compatibility tests. This is not just IE11, but also in earlier versions, some compatibility problems I encountered earlier have been effectively solved later. So for now, the compatibility of IE11 is quite good, at least I still use it normally. When there are some compatibility problems, you can manually add them to the Compatibility View list. Currently, some common websites in China, such as social networking, news, games, and online banking, are available normally. Of course, some incompatible websites will certainly be available, and many websites in China are updated slowly, we understand the reason, so we cannot guarantee 100%.

The article Stay up to date with Enterprise Mode for Internet Explorer 11 is attached.

Enterprise mode website list management tools: http://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx? Id = 42501

IE11 For Win7 (including enterprise model): http://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx? Id = 42463

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