MC669480 – (Updated) Web links from Microsoft Teams chats to open in Microsoft Edge; Teams chat will open side-by-side with link (archived)

Admin impact, Exchange Online, General Availability, Launched, Major update, Microsoft Teams, New feature, Plan For Change, Targeted Release, Targeted Release (Entire Organization), Targeted Release (Select People), Updated message, User impact, Web, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

*For this entry exists the more relevant or more recent entry MC803892

check before: 2023-09-05

Product:

Azure Active Directory, Entra, Entra ID, Exchange, Intune, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Edge, Outlook, Teams

Platform:

Online, Web, World tenant

Status:

Rolling out

Change type:

Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact

Links:

MC803892
(MC548092)
126334

Details:

Update for December 14, 2023: The Microsoft Teams change will now be completed by the end of January instead of early December as previously communicated. Additionally, an issue was discovered with managing this change using GPO and Intune, with a fix planned to deploy with the change by the end of January. To manage this change prior to the fix deploying, please use the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 (formerly the Office Cloud Policy Service).
The Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows will open web links from Teams chats in Microsoft Edge to enable a new web and chat side-by-side experience.
By opening web links in Edge, users will be able to see those links side-by-side with their Teams chats—web links will open as new browser tabs and the Teams chats will open next to them in the Edge sidebar. This new, single-view Teams experience in Edge is designed to minimize switching between windows and to help users stay in the flow of work while referencing web links.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126334.
This change to use Edge to open web links from Teams chats follows a similar, previously announced change in the Outlook for Windows app. Customers impacted by this change in Outlook were notified via MC541626, MC545904, or MC548092.
Admin controls are available as detailed below.
Read more about how we’re optimizing the experience between Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Edge:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/02/16/discover-new-ways-to-multitask-with-microsoft-365-and-edge/
What's New in Teams | Microsoft Inspire 2023
Notes:
This change does not affect a device’s default browser setting in Windows.
This only affects commercial users signed into Teams with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts.
The policy described in the following section configures which browser is used to open web links for both Teams (chat) and the Outlook for Windows app (email), or, if you did not receive an Outlook for Windows app Message center notification, this policy will only apply to Teams (chat).

Change Category:
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Scope:
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Release Phase:
Targeted Release

Created:
2023-08-22

updated:
2024-03-02

Task Type