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lalanc01
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Apr 23, 2021
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How to have the Teams client update itself on share devices

How to have the Teams client update itself on share devices? For example, on conference room pcs, user might connect today and then only reconnect 3months afterward, the client would not have update...
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    StevenC365
    Apr 26, 2021

    ChristianBergstrom 

     

    I agree that's what the documentation says, however it's not true. There is no 28 day grace period, if you think about it doesn't really make sense "the clients too old to work with the service, but will be fine for 28 days". If you install a device wide installer then first login to that device more than 3 months later you'll see the blocking page (now). This didn't used to be an issue, as they didn't actually enforce the blocking, however since April 1st they have been, which is why we are starting to see issues.

     

    Microsoft support will direct people here, they are providing a script that will update a machine wide installer, and optionally, flag users profiles to reinstall the package. There's also some useful background on the mechanisms at play.

     

    GitHub - microsoft/TeamsMsiOverride: Scripts to simplify the updating of the Teams Machine-Wide Installer, and allow clients to update from the MSI.

     

     

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