Microsoft is getting ready to launch a revamped version of Teams, which is expected to dramatically improve performance on PCs and laptops.<\/p>\n
Citing sources familiar with Microsoft’s plan, The Verge reports<\/a><\/strong> that the company has rebuilt the platform from the ground up to make more efficient use of system resources.<\/p>\n The tech giant has been testing the new version of Microsoft Teams internally and plans to launch a preview for users in March.<\/p>\n The new version, known internally as Microsoft Teams 2.0 or 2.1, is said to use 50% less memory, be easier on CPUs, and use less battery power.<\/p>\n Microsoft rolled out some improvements for Teams on Windows 11 using its Edge Webview2 technology and dropping the Electron framework it was previously built upon.<\/p>\n Microsoft has also moved to the React Javascript library, which will offer further UI improvements for Teams in the coming months.<\/p>\n At the time of the Microsoft Teams improvements for Windows 11, then-corporate vice president for Teams engineering Rish Tandon said the new architecture would be crucial for future enhancements.<\/p>\n “This architecture will help us add support for multiple accounts, work life scenarios, release predictability, and scale up for the client,” he said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n “It will be a journey but with #Windows11 we have taken key first steps.”<\/p>\n When Microsoft rolls out the preview in March, it will include a toggle to let users switch back to the existing app if they choose.<\/p>\n The new version of Microsoft Teams is entirely rebuilt and is expected to improve performance on PCs and laptops dramatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":467531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[84453,39614,84455,70233],"class_list":["post-481041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-edge-webview2","tag-microsoft-teams","tag-rish-tandon","tag-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481081,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481041\/revisions\/481081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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