Microsoft has made the decision to no longer offer support to certain applications. First of all, the Redmond company announced, at the end of March, that will stop offering free technical support for the Windows 10 operating system to make way for new versions of the software, in addition, a week ago, he stated that will not release security updates for Office 2016 and Office 2019 programs.
And now, to this is added a new decision that has just been made. Specifically, Microsoft will not support the old version of Teamsknown as Classic Teams, on July 1, the date from which it will stop implementing improvements and new functionalities.
In October of last year, the technology company prepared to start an automatic transfer of users of the Classic version of Teams to the new iteration of the video confederation platform. In this way, with the new version, Microsoft can “offer a faster, simpler, smarter and more flexible application” so that Internet users get greater speed and performance.
When the classic version of Teams cannot be used
In March, the Redmond company began updating the Classic Teams version to the new one, when it introduced a banner informative in the application to notify users of this change. And, from then on, the platform is automatically installing the new version of Teamsalthough the classic option is still available.
However, following this announcement, the company has announced the end of availability of the old iteration, which will be next 1st of July, date on which will no longer be supported. And, as a result, it will stop incorporating improvements and new features. That is, users will not be able to upgrade to the classic format if configuration problems appear after the mentioned date.
Which users stop having access to Microsoft Teams
Users who have the Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 Classic operating system They will no longer have access to the classic version of Teams starting October 23, at which point access to this ‘older’ app will be blocked.
In addition, Internet users with Classic Teams accounts with Windows 10, macOS Big Sur and Windows Enterprise LTSC They will allow access to this version starting July 1, 2025.
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