Microsoft will change the default version of Teams on Windows this year

[Windows Central]

The new Microsoft Teams promises to be faster than its predecessor while using fewer system resources. It's available now in preview and will become the default on Windows later this year.

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Very excited for this. The new Teams is better for what it does and adds some features CRITICAL for some users, like support for multiple accounts (anyone who consults for multiple clients who uses Teams has had to use a mix of Teams and web access to connect to all at the same time, but the web version doesn't provide badge updates for new messages in the Taskbar -- a critical problem).

However, for me, I'm still forced to use classic, because I need third-party app support as part of VoIP in Teams -- we use YakChat to get SMS/text messages directly in Teams. New Teams doesn't support third-party apps yet, so I'd lose all access to SMS messaging in Teams if I switched now.