Posted by: kurtsh | March 18, 2024

NEWS: Timeline for mandatory “New Teams Client” rollout for GCC customers

imageA new post was published on the Microsoft Public Sector Blog that Microsoft Teams administrators should read ASAP. 

In summary:

  • As of May 2024, we will end the ability to suspend the automatic deployment of the new Teams client via the Teams Admin Center to GCC tenant users.
  • Late May 2024, all GCC users will receive an upgrade to the new Teams client – however users will still be able to toggle back to the classic Teams client.
  • Mid June 2024, all remaining classic Teams users in GCC tenants will be updated to the new Teams client, and the toggle switch will be removed.
  • End of June 2024, the classic Teams client will be removed from all GCC tenant devices.

There will be a Government Community Teams call to discuss this. Register and attend either::

Read more about this in the full post:

imageAlso view the GCC-only Message Center notice MC718238 entitled, “New Teams rollout schedule for GCC and GCC High customers” at:


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