New Teams for work only installs per user

Anonymous
2024-05-31T09:29:53+00:00

We are a college that uses many shared computers between students and staff. Since, moving over to your new teams I've been disappointed to find out that the installation only works per user! This has now become a massive headache for the IT department. Previously we would either put the teams wide installer on our golden image or deploy it via SCCM. Can you please give us a solution which will allow us to make this a machine install rather than a user based install. Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-05-31T13:36:15+00:00

    Hello Muazzam,

    You're right; Microsoft Teams by default doesn't offer a built-in way to install it as a machine-wide application on shared devices. This can be inconvenient for educational institutions like yours where multiple users utilize the same computers. While the lack of a native machine-wide installation might seem like a limitation, Microsoft might be prioritizing user-specific configurations and security considerations.

    Alternative Solutions: While a true machine-wide installation isn't currently available, here are some alternative approaches you can consider:

    1. Deploying MSIX App via GPO (as you mentioned): This seems like a promising solution. Deploying the MSIX Teams app via Group Policy can automate the installation process for all users who need it on the shared machines.
    2. Leveraging Teams Web App: Encourage users to access Teams through the web app (https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/log-in) whenever possible. This eliminates the need for per-user installations on the shared devices.

    Hope this helps.

    • Stephen N.

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