
I assume that an admin may disable access to the Preview and Beta channels via an organization-wide setting. I was afraid I would have to change an organization-wide setting, but that was not the case (at least for me). Luckily, that's not an issue as long as you have a second machine besides your main development system (whether that's a VM or a physical workstation). One concern that I had is that I did not want to risk breaking my main development machine by installing a less-than-fully-tested copy of Access. For those of you in that situation, you may find the steps below useful. That said, many of my readers will have Microsoft 365 Business subscriptions. For official installation instructions, refer to the links above. Your situation is likely different than mine.
How to Enroll If You Have MS 365 Business
Signup instructions for Business MS 365 Subscribers. Signup instructions for Personal/Family MS 365 Subscribers. How you enroll in those two options depends on whether you have a Personal/Family license to Microsoft 365 or a Business license. Beta: the bleeding edge it's called that for a reason unsupported. Current Channel (Preview): monthly, fully-supported builds. You will need to enroll in one of the following programs to see the new browser control: If you have a perpetual license, such as Office 2016, 2021, or LTSC (Long-Term Support Channel), then you are out of luck. How to Test the New Edge Browser ControlĪs of writing, you will not see the new Edge browser control unless you have opted in to one of the early access versions of Microsoft 365. The new Edge Browser Control in the ribbon control gallery. You can find the new control located in the gallery below. VBA API reference docs should be available shortly, and more general support docs for the control will be available at a later date. There are a few known issues that we expect to fix before we release to production, but we would greatly appreciate if you all could start experimenting with it to help us find any additional issues. Joe Jimenez announced its release to the Access MVP mailing list ( shared with permission emphasis and links mine): I am pleased to let you know that the new Edge Browser Control is now available in Beta and Insiders on builds 4.20000 and greater.
The long-promised Microsoft Edge-based browser control is now available to early adopters. Don't be alarmed, but we have an actual new feature in Microsoft Access.