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Microsoft Teams: File open preferences will extend to more Microsoft 365 apps

Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Microsoft may not have sent this notice to your tenant.
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  • Seen 13 Jun 2025 late May 2025 → late June 2025
  • Seen 12 Mar 2025 early April 2025, mid-April 2025, late April 2025 → early May 2025, mid-May 2025, late May 2025
  • Seen 20 Feb 2025 early March 2025, mid-March 2025, late March 2025 → early April 2025, mid-April 2025, late April 2025
  • Seen 24 Jan 2025 late February 2025 → late March 2025

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Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to set their preference for how their cloud-hosted Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files should open when they select links for these files from Teams. The new setting (open in a browser, desktop app, or directly in Teams) will extend to links selected in other Microsoft365 apps, starting with classic Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for greater consistency across apps. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471000. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, user can set the file open preference in Teams by following instructions in Open file links directly in Microsoft 365 desktop apps from Teams and classic Outlook - Microsoft Support. Users will be still able to set separate file open preferences for Teams only. File open preference will apply to Word, Excel and PowerPoint links selected from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams for Windows desktop, and classic Outlook. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

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  1. Updated March 12,June 13, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: … will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025.June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, user can set …

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  3. Updated February 20,March 12, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your … When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early AprilMay 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March). mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-Aprilmid-May 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously late March).May 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, user can set …

  4. Updated January 23,February 20, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your … When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early MarchApril 2025 (previously late February)early March) and expect to complete by mid-Marchmid-April 2025 (previously early March). mid-March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-Marchmid-April 2025 (previously early March) mid-March) and expect to complete by late MarchApril 2025 (previously mid-March).late March). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, user can set …

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    Updated January 23, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will be able to set their … 471000. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late Februaryearly March 2025 (previously late February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously early March 2025. March). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 (previously early March 2025 March) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025.late March 2025 (previously mid-March). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, user can set …

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