Today, we embark on the subsequent chapter of the Microsoft Teams story with the general public preview of the brand new Microsoft Teams app for Windows.
From its inception in 2017, our imaginative and prescient for Teams has at all times been to deliver collectively all of your communication and collaboration instruments in a single place, from chat and conferences to apps and recordsdata. Whether used for work, college, or life, over 280 million folks depend on Teams each month to remain productive and linked with colleagues, companions, prospects, pals, and household. Teams has additionally enabled superb innovation from third-party impartial software program distributors (ISVs), company builders, and system integrators—leading to over 1,900 apps within the retailer in addition to over 100,000 customized apps that combine seamlessly with the Teams platform. These functions, when mixed with a broad ecosystem of Teams licensed units and rooms, enable you to keep productive and within the stream of labor.
We have been listening to your suggestions which has culminated in a reimagining of Teams from the bottom up. The new app is constructed on a basis of velocity, efficiency, flexibility, and intelligence—delivering as much as two instances quicker efficiency whereas utilizing 50 % much less reminiscence so it can save you time and collaborate extra effectively. We have additionally streamlined the person expertise in order that it’s less complicated to make use of and simpler to search out all the things in a single place. These enhancements additionally present the inspiration for game-changing new AI-powered experiences, resembling Copilot for Microsoft Teams, introduced earlier this month.1
While we now have already been making a gentle stream of enhancements within the present Teams apps, the most important breakthroughs will solely be out there with new Teams. Below is a abstract of essentially the most vital areas of enchancment however you possibly can deep dive into the complete listing in our Tech Community weblog.
The new Microsoft Teams: Faster, less complicated, extra versatile, and smarter
Faster. Our North Star for brand spanking new Teams is to make it twice as quick whereas utilizing half the system assets. To obtain this, we now have made a ground-up funding to overhaul the platform to optimize the info, community, chat, and video structure for velocity and efficiency. We are not at all completed optimizing the efficiency of latest Teams, however we now have already seen very promising knowledge even from the general public preview construct rolling out right now. We have labored with the impartial benchmarking agency GigaOm to quantify a few of the efficiency positive factors, which reviews that each app launch and be part of assembly are already twice as quick, and reminiscence consumption has decreased by half when testing the brand new Teams preview in contrast with traditional Teams.2
Simpler. We are at all times in search of methods to offer a less complicated but feature-rich expertise for our numerous and rising person base. That’s why we’re excited to roll out enhancements to the core Teams expertise that can make it simpler so that you can keep on prime of your notifications, seek for info, handle your messages, and arrange your channels—all with fewer clicks. For extra info on the design journey of latest Teams, check out this weblog publish from Microsoft Design.
More versatile. We know that lots of our prospects have organizations that span a number of tenants and accounts. That’s why we now have made a serious funding in our assist for these eventualities. We have improved our authentication mannequin, synchronization, and notification programs to offer a seamless and constant expertise. For instance, many shoppers have to collaborate with folks throughout organizational boundaries, which generally means they use Teams throughout a number of tenants or accounts. Instead of logging out and in of various tenants and accounts, now you can keep signed in throughout all of them—receiving notifications regardless of which one you’re presently utilizing.
Smarter. The new Teams would be the basis for next-generation AI experiences, together with these we’ve beforehand introduced, resembling intelligent recap and Copilot for Microsoft Teams. We will use AI to take the work out of working collectively by getting you on top of things on what occurred earlier than you joined a gathering or chat and answering your questions all within the stream of the dialogue. We’re solely simply starting to see the potential of AI within Teams, and we can have tons extra to share sooner or later.
We are concentrating on the overall availability of latest Teams later this yr in 2023. In the meantime, we encourage our business prospects utilizing Windows to attempt the general public preview, which is rolling out beginning right now. We intend to increase the preview launch to a broader set of shoppers, together with these utilizing Macs later this yr. While customers in our Public Preview program can have entry to new Teams instantly, our broader set of economic prospects will want an admin to first opt-in, after which customers will see a easy toggle to change to the brand new Teams. You’ll additionally have the ability to change again to traditional Teams at any time.
Get began right now
Today marks the brand new period of Microsoft Teams, and we’re simply getting began. As the world continues to evolve, Teams is right here to be your trendy office. For a sneak peek of all the brand new experiences we’re constructing on new Teams, watch the video beneath.
While new Teams is a giant leap ahead within the Teams journey, it’s not the one factor we’re asserting right now. For a deep dive into the 50-plus further new options coming to Teams, remember to take a look at this Tech Community weblog publish which summarizes all of the bulletins we’re making this week at Enterprise Connect.
Thank you for utilizing Teams—we’re thrilled to introduce the quicker, less complicated, and extra versatile app beginning right now. I’d encourage you to attempt it out and share your ideas with us. We stay up for listening to from you and serving to you get essentially the most out of Teams.
If you’re an admin, discover ways to allow the brand new Teams right now.
1Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A complete new strategy to work, Colette Stallbaumer, Microsoft 365 Blog. March 16, 2023.