In this SharePoint tutorial, we will discuss SharePoint Online browser support and SharePoint 2019 browser support. Apart from this, we will discuss, SharePoint online browser support and SharePoint 2016 browser compatibility. Let us learn about, SharePoint supported browsers.
Every organization has its own default and supported browsers. For any version of SharePoint your organization using, it is necessary to know the supported browsers to get optimal performance.
If your organization using SharePoint, then you should know browsers supported in SharePoint 2019/2016/2013/Online.
SharePoint supports various browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge, etc. But there are few functionalities that will work only in Internet Explorer.
Most of SharePoint features are supported in the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
Note: Even if SharePoint support various browsers, but there may be some functionality which may work in a particular browser like IE.
SharePoint Online browser support
Let us first check on SharePoint online browser support or the SharePoint online browser compatibility. If your organization is using SharePoint Online, then you should know the SharePoint online supported browsers.
Below are the browsers supported in SharePoint Online Office 365.
| SharePoint Online Supported Browsers | Browsers Not Supported in SharePoint Online |
| Microsoft Edge latest version | Internet Explorer 10 |
| Microsoft Edge Legacy browser | Internet Explorer 9 |
| Internet Explorer 11 | Internet Explorer 8 |
| Google Chrome (latest released version) | Internet Explorer 7 |
| Mozilla Firefox (latest released version plus immediate previous version) | Internet Explorer 6 |
| Apple Safari (latest released version) |
According to MSDN, Microsoft Teams meetings are fully supported on the latest versions of Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.
So almost all the modern browsers supports SharePoint Online version.
SharePoint 2019 browser support
As we know, SharePoint 2019 is the latest version of the SharePoint on-premises version. We should also know the SharePoint 2019 browser support.
Below are the browsers supported in SharePoint 2019.
Supported Browsers in SharePoint 2019
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
- Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML – Legacy)
- Internet Explorer 11
- Google Chrome (latest released version)
- Mozilla Firefox (latest released version plus immediate previous version)
- Apple Safari (latest released version)
Browsers Not Supported in SharePoint 2019
- Internet Explorer 10
- Internet Explorer 9
- Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 6
SharePoint 2016 browser compatibility
Below are the browsers supported in SharePoint 2016. Check out the SharePoint 2016 browser support before using the SharePoint server 2016 in your organization.
Supported Browsers in SharePoint 2016
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
- Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML – Legacy)
- Internet Explorer 11
- Internet Explorer 10
- Google Chrome (latest released version)
- Mozilla Firefox (latest released version plus immediate previous version)
- Apple Safari (latest released version)
Browsers Not Supported in SharePoint 2016
- Internet Explorer 9
- Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 6
SharePoint 2013 browser compatibility
SharePoint 2013 becomes a little old, but if you are using SharePoint 2013, then check out the SharePoint 2013 browser compatibility.
Below are the browsers supported in SharePoint 2013.
Supported Browsers in SharePoint 2013
- Microsoft Edge
- Internet Explorer 11
- Internet Explorer 10
- Internet Explorer 9
- Internet Explorer 8
- Google Chrome (latest released version)
- Mozilla Firefox (latest released version)
- Apple Safari (latest released version)
Browsers Not Supported in SharePoint 2013
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 6
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In this tutorial, we learned, SharePoint browser support and SharePoint browser compatibility. It covers the below points:
- SharePoint online browser support
- SharePoint online supported browsers
- SharePoint 2019 browser support
- SharePoint online browser compatibility
- SharePoint 2016 browser compatibility
- SharePoint 2013 browser compatibility
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SharePoint 2013 only partially works in Chrome, it will display pages but it will not open documents in their client application only in Browser view, it does not request user to check a document out when opening a document. The only browser I have found that all SharePoint functions work as advertised is in IE 11 which as of August of this 2021 is no longer supported by Microsoft. I have seen articles where you can add IE tab to Chrome, but that’s an add on to Chrome, all functions of SharePoint do not natively work out of box in Chrome or Edge Chromium. Also alot of companies do not allow third party add-ons in their corporate browsers like IE Tab which again forces users back to IE 11.
I have been trying to use Sharepoint from Linux using a recent firefox. Selecting sharepoint from the starting screen just redirects me to a non existing site. At first i suspected something like DNS over HTTPS but a decade old windows laptop, which predates this tech has no problems. Now i suspect itsa microsoft customer control tactic
Open in Explorer only works with ActiveX on premise. Waiting for a Html5 Solution