Retirement of the Admin App in Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365
Microsoft will retire the Admin app in October 2026. The app was designed to help very small businesses manage administrative tasks directly in Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365.com.
Microsoft will retire the Admin app in October 2026. The app was designed to help very small businesses manage administrative tasks directly in Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365.com.
Microsoft has started phase 4 of unifying app and agent management, bringing cross-platform apps into a single, synchronized experience across the Microsoft 365 and Teams admin center. A Global Administrator should start the transition.
A new Recap app in Microsoft Teams brings recordings, transcripts, and AI-powered summaries together, letting users browse recaps from the past 30 days and watch or listen to them.
Teams now supports apps, including bots, tabs, and message extensions, in Private channels, matching the model already in place for Shared channels. Previously, only a limited set of tabs was supported in such channels.
A new app installation experience in the Teams Admin Center lets apps be installed individually for users, groups, or Everyone, finally replacing the inflexible app setup policies.
Microsoft is rolling out the updated Teams Meet app with a unified Events experience, bringing webinars, town halls, and custom events into a single workflow for easier creation, discovery, and management.
Teams now includes an app that opens the Outlook Mail view. Microsoft may have published this app by mistake, as the app is not available in most tenants.
Shared Channels in Teams now support apps for bots, tabs, and message extensions, with Private Channels adopting the same model soon.
The legacy Saved app in Teams Mobile will be retired and replaced with a new, integrated Saved experience. Users can now re-save previously saved messages to make them available in the new experience.
Incoming Webhook Connectors in Teams require an update of the URL. Instead of updating, organizations should switch to Power Automate Webhooks.
App Setup Policies in Teams now support the pinning of meeting apps. Currently, only a few Teams apps support the option for meeting extensions.
Microsoft provides a Loop app for Teams. The app is still at an early stage of development.
Microsoft updates the Planner app in Teams and uses the time to introduce Planner Premium and Copilot in Planner.
The adaptation to OneDrive in Teams has already been announced for some time. The file app is replaced.