Update to the new Microsoft Teams for Education
As announced on October 5, 2023 (New Microsoft Teams for Education is now available for Windows and Mac), new Teams for Education is ready for users in our Education community.
Along with our latest innovations in speed, performance, flexibility, and intelligence, this update to new Teams allows us to deliver features and capabilities to our education customers more quickly. All new features and capabilities, including enhancements to existing features, are available exclusively in the new Teams client.
The new Teams update is seamless for our Education users. Updating is quick and easy and users are able to pick up exactly where they left off after updating to new Teams.
Tip
As a companion to this article, we recommend using the Microsoft Teams for Education Setup Guide to review best practices without signing in and activating automated setup features. This guide customizes your experience based on your environment.
Update schedule
The classic Teams client is no longer supported. For more information, see End of availability for classic Teams client.
Blocked downloads or installations
IT administrators who have blocked software downloads or installations for users in their tenant, must allow software download or installations of new Teams before setting the policy in the Teams Admin Center to deploy new Teams. To unblock software downloads for their users, learn more at: Troubleshooting the new Teams installation
Bulk update to the new Teams
- If IT administrators prefer to bulk update to new Teams using their choice of software management tools, learn more at: Bulk deploy the new Microsoft Teams desktop client.
- If IT administrators prefer to update to new Teams via other Microsoft 365 apps, learn more at Upgrade to new Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 Apps.
Known issues and latest updates
Check back here for the latest details, as Microsoft continues to provide the most current information on updating to new Teams for Education. Or, if you have any feedback you’d like to provide, do so on our Education Support page.