'New' Teams replacing 'Classic' Teams

Posted on Jun 28 2024 by Greg

Starting mid-July, 2024, Microsoft are removing the NEW label from the current 'new' Teams application and it will be named Microsoft Teams (with no additional labels). This change will occur for all platforms and users. The application itself is not changing, just the name. This change is coming from Microsoft itself, globally.

Key Points:

Starting July 1, 2024, classic Teams will become unsupported. Users still running classic Teams will experience in-app messages informing them that the client is no longer supported. These messages are dismissible but will reappear periodically.
Starting October 23, 2024, the classic Teams desktop app on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and Mac OS Sierra (10.12) will reach end of availability. After that date, users will not be able to access the classic Teams desktop app on these operating systems. Users will experience non-dismissible in-app messages informing them about end of availability, with an option to use the new Teams web app on supported browsers as an alternative.
Starting July 1, 2025, classic Teams desktop app will reach end of availability for all users. The new Teams web app will be available on supported browsers as an alternative.
Learn more: End of availability for classic Teams client

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