MC1197104
Plan for changeMajor changeUser impactRetirement
Deprecation of Designer bot and Designer banners in Teams
From Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Microsoft may not have sent this notice to your tenant.What the notice says
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We’re retiring the Designer bot and Designer banners in Microsoft Teams to streamline image generation capabilities. Moving forward, Copilot in Teams will provide enhanced image generation features, where we will continue to invest and improve functionality.
When this will happen
Retirement begins mid-January 2026 and completes by February 27, 2026.
How this affects your organization
- Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users who currently use Designer bot or Designer banners.
- What will happen:
- Users will no longer be able to install or use the Designer bot in Teams chat.
- Users will no longer be able to create channel announcement banners using Designer.
- Users can generate images using Copilot in Teams instead.
- No admin configuration changes are required.
What you can do to prepare
- No admin action is required; this change happens automatically.
- Recommended steps:
- Notify your users about the retirement of Designer bot and banners.
- Update internal documentation to reflect this change.
- Share guidance on using Copilot in Teams for image generation.
Learn more: AI Image Generator in Copilot
Compliance considerations
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