Microsoft Teams version 2 is Windows only for now
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- 29 Mar 2023
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The new Teams app is faster, uses less memory, lets you sign into multiple work accounts — and is the only place the new AI features will show up.
Given that Microsoft created one of the only Electron-based apps where users don’t complain about performance — Visual Studio Code — it’s always been annoying that the Teams client has been so slow and resource hungry. What Microsoft is hailing as a “new era” of Teams is a new version of the Teams app rebuilt not to use Electron.
When and where you can use the new Microsoft Teams app
Microsoft plans to have the new Teams app generally available later in 2023, probably in June. For now, the new Teams app is only available for Windows 10 and 11, not on Macs or in the web client, which is the only option for Linux users. Also, IT admins will have to enable the option for users to switch to the new app because there are a number of Teams features that aren’t yet available in the new Teams client.
New Microsoft Teams app’s UI
The new Teams app has a slightly different user interface. Apart from the Windows 11 look (using Mica) and a dark mode that follows your OS setting, the most noticeable change in the Teams app may be that new posts in a chat or channel now appear at the top of the screen rather than the bottom. Threaded replies may also make things clearer, and when you’re reading through a long discussion, messages and replies will now just scroll rather than loading 10 at a time.
Sign into multiple work accounts with the new Teams app
This Microsoft app includes one of the most-requested features: You can finally sign in with multiple Teams accounts — not just your personal account but org accounts or any different tenants you’re a member of — without needing to have a different web browser for each of them, or use Microsoft Edge to pin multiple copies of the Teams app for the different tenants. Clicking on your profile picture at the top of the window lets you add another work account; once you do, Teams will show you notifications from all your accounts. If you’re a guest user in another organization like a supplier or a customer, that account will appear in Teams automatically. Read More…
