New Teams for work only installs per user

Encourage users to sign out of Teams completely when they finish their session on a shared computer. This ensures their credentials aren't saved for the next user.

How does anyone type this with a straight face?

The Teams Web App doesn't function as needed in our shared Operations environment. I cannot believe this issue was ALLOWED to occur. How many shared computers at other organizations are experiencing this problem? I used to support University equipment and computer lab environments as well as Emergency Response organizations with a different user (IE PROFILE!) signing into the same computer on each of 3 shifts over 24 hours. Microsoft HAS TO FIX THIS ISSUE and I have submitted a case to Microsoft that is over two months old now. If NON-Microsoft (NOT MS Employees) are responding to these submissions, then WHY ARE WE WASTING OUR TIME WITH IT?

Said it all along - Mr. Gates, you can go straight to the cesspool you created when you stole MS DOS from Digital.

We are a SMB experiencing the same (very frustrating) issue.

Any time someone logs onto a computer, Teams gets installed under their profile. When users don't log on for a while, Teams client gets stale/outdated. Our network vulnerability scanner picks up on this and shows Teams as being outdated...for every user profile on every computer that has not been logged onto for a while.

Forgive me if I haven't explained the situation well but...I'm very verklempt. It is stunningly unbelievable that Microsoft handles Teams this way. If anyone has a fix for this that does not involve GPO or scripting (shouldn't have to do either of those things to address this incredibly annoying Microsoft-caused issue), please let me know.

Hi Stephen,

Many thanks for replying so quickly. Although the machines are shared, each users has their own network login. So where Teams might be installed for one user, it won't be installed for another user on that same machine. I find this a highly bizarre move from Microsoft. I'm currently looking into deploying the MSIX app via GPO, hopefully we can find a solution sooner rather than later.

Thank you

Muazzam

Hello Muazzam,

* I am a Microsoft user like you, providing solutions to community members; I am NOT a Microsoft employee.

You're right, Microsoft Teams for work or school currently doesn't offer a direct method for machine-wide installation on shared computers. This can be a challenge for educational institutions like yours that rely on shared devices. Here are a few alternative approaches you can consider:

1. Leverage the Teams Web App: This might be the simplest solution for your scenario. The Teams web app allows users to access most Teams functionalities directly from a web browser without installing any software. This eliminates the need for per-user installations.
2. Utilize Shared Computer Sign-Out: Encourage users to sign out of Teams completely when they finish their session on a shared computer. This ensures their credentials aren't saved for the next user. Consider implementing automatic sign-out policies or scripts to enforce this practice.

Hope this helps.

• Stephen N.