| Announcement ID | MC718748 | Published Date | 02-23-2024 | |
| Service | microsoftteams | Last Updated | 02-23-2024 | |
| Category | Plan for change | Expiration Date | 01-22-2025 | |
| Roadmap ID | Action Required by Date | |||
| Tags | Major update, Admin impact, New feature, User impact | |||
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| The message announces an updated timeline for the rollout of the new Teams to Commercial and Education customers. The new Teams is available for all customers today and is being enabled in stages. Teams Admin Center policy controls will remain available until end of March 2024, at which point they will only apply to VDI users if applicable. All new feature development will only be available in new Teams. Microsoft will continue rolling out new Teams on behalf of customers until early April 2024. Admins may control the Teams update policy until end of March 2024. Beginning early April 2024, new Teams will become the default app for all Teams users. The new Teams rollout is ongoing and will reach all users by July 2024. |
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This is an updated timeline for the rollout of the new Teams to Commercial and Education customers. The new Teams is available for all customers today and is being enabled in stages as defined below. Teams Admin Center policy controls will remain available until end of March 2024, at which point they will only apply to your VDI users if applicable. We have heard your feedback; if we are unable to update to new Teams by the end of March, users will be allowed to remain on classic Teams until classic Teams is no longer available. More updates on the end of availability will come in the next few weeks. We recommend updating your organization to the latest version of the new Teams at your earliest convenience as all new feature development will only be available in new Teams. To help you execute and monitor your transition to new Teams, we have released a new usage report in Teams Admin Center that will show you usage of classic Teams vs new Teams within your tenant. Microsoft-controlled rollout. If your policy is set to Microsoft-controlled (default state), Microsoft will continue rolling out new Teams on your behalf. There is one final stage remaining for this rollout option:
Admin-managed rollout. Admins may choose to control their new Teams rollout by setting the Teams update policy for their users. Admins may control the Teams update policy until end of March 2024. Starting early April, 2024, Teams update policies you have applied in the past or policies you apply going forward in Teams Admin Center or with PowerShell will no longer be honored except for your VDI users, if applicable. When this change is complete, a Microsoft-controlled rollout will begin according to the following schedule.
End of availability: We will release more information in the next few weeks around the end of availability for classic Teams. Based on your feedback, we will not block classic Teams users who do not meet the new Teams prerequisites or who experience other install failures until July 1, 2024, at the earliest to provide you more time to address these issues for your users and avoid disruption to your business. When this will happen: Standard Release: The new Teams rollout is ongoing and will reach all users by July 2024, as detailed above. How this will affect your organization: Until end of March, administrators may control the rollout of new Teams within their tenant. We recommend that tenants plan to update their users to new Teams now to ensure that they receive all the latest improvements and enhancements to the product. What you need to do to prepare: Administrators can develop their plan for updating their tenants and control the rollout of updates using policy until March 31, 2024. |