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:

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.”

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.

  Microsoft to push IE 9 broadly via Windows Update in late June