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Force Teams desktop client update
I would suggest you check out the recently shared blog that explains a little about the update process at Why do I not see a feature but my colleague does? - Release Processes Microsoft Teams.
As explained it's entirely normal to have different versions while deployments are happening slowly, things are a little complex at the moment due to some delays, an apparent rollback and new versions through TAP and Public Preview. So if your users are guests in other tenants that may be in TAP you could be getting versions from there, I'm a guest in the microsoft tenant so my versions vary wildly.
As PDSDavid correctly explained the Machine Wide installer is more like a stub to create the installation for each user. Also the regular msi will be a little behind the newest version you may see, it trails rollout and doesn't lead.
It is quite unlikely that any specific build would cause the issues you describe, and that would seem to be largely verified by it remaining after a reinstall. I would be looking into driver versions perhaps.
Teams update process is unorthodox in enterprise, more like a consumer app, but this is deliberate from Microsoft to manage the far faster pace of change in what is really a web application in a wrapper. In my experience across Teams at many organisation it is very robust, the only issues I've seen are in locations where network restrictions are preventing access to the download service. Microsoft were planning to provide some more admin control, allowing you to control the day of the week and so on, but I think this has been pushed down the list due to priority works to support Teams being used by schools during the pandemic.
I would like to know if the latest version listed on "https://whatpulse.org/app/microsoft-teams" refers to the stable or unstable version.
I have tried to download the latest version for macOS following the instructions by modifying the link to "https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-osx/1.3.00.33971/Teams_osx.pkg", where I have changed the number "1.3.00.33971" to the number on "https://whatpulse.org/app/microsoft-teams". I got an error message.
Then I started looking for where to download the latest macOS version, and found that if I type "https://teams.microsoft.com/desktopclient/installer/windows/x64" into the browser and then press Enter, it prints the link to the latest Windows x64 version. But this version number does not match the latest version number listed on "https://whatpulse.org/app/microsoft-teams". Here is an older Teams version number. While you can follow the instructions to download the newer version.
Similarly, I tried typing the link "https://teams.microsoft.com/desktopclient/installer/osx" into the browser, and after pressing Enter, it printed the latest macOS version, which also does not match the version on "https://whatpulse.org/app/microsoft-teams". In addition, the version number on page "https://whatpulse.org/app/microsoft-teams" starts with "1.00...", and on page "https://teams.microsoft.com/desktopclient/installer/osx", the number in the link ("https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-osx/1.5.00.33356/Teams_osx.pkg") starts with "1.5.00"
From the link, you can see that the latest macOS version is 1.5.00.3356, but I was able to download version 1.5.00.33364 by typing in this link "https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-osx/1.5.00.33364/Teams_osx.pkg"
So I don't understand which is the latest version.
Is it possible to update the program without anyone logged in? Because I want to install/update the new versions on machines that are used by more people (teachers and students).
I have translated this text using the website "https://www.deepl.com/translator" as I don't know English that well. I speak Hungarian. I hope everything is understandable despite the translation.
