The preview version of new Teams was up to two times faster while using 50% less memory. Our goal was to reimagine Teams from the ground up to deliver a faster, simpler, smarter, and more flexible app to help you stay productive and collaborate more effectively. We’re also beginning to roll out new Teams to public preview for our Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and government cloud customers (GCC, GCC-H, DoD).Įarlier this year, we ushered in a new era of Microsoft Teams with the public preview of the new Teams app. Today, we are excited to announce general availability of the new Microsoft Teams app for Windows and Mac including education customers. Please refer to the article to learn more about this announcement. Teams is governed by the Modern Lifecycle Policy, with the expectation that users remain on the most up-to-date version of the desktop client. October 31, 2023: After March 31, 2024, any classic Teams users that haven't updated to new Teams, will be automatically updated to new Teams. Editor’s note: This article was originally published on October 5, 2023, and updated on October 31, 2023, to reflect the schedule for the update from classic Teams to new Teams.
