Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft 365 collaboration application for chat, meetings, calls and shared work. It is built on Microsoft 365 groups and Microsoft Graph, and creating a team also creates a SharePoint site and document library, an Exchange Online shared mailbox and calendar, and a OneNote notebook. Administrators manage it through the Teams admin center, and it can include guests and external users.
Microsoft Teams is a Microsoft product filed under Team Collaboration Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 2 versions listed, latest New Microsoft Teams (5 Oct 2023).
Source: Introduction to Microsoft Teams for admins - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn, retrieved 15 Oct 2026
Releases and Lifecycle
All Microsoft productsRelease and support dates as published by Microsoft; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-13.
Microsoft Teams 2 versions
Modern Lifecycle Policy. Microsoft lists the Classic Teams client and the new Microsoft Teams client as separate releases.
Lifecycle Policy
- Modern Lifecycle Policy. Products and services that are serviced continuously and remain in support while customers stay current, are licensed and Microsoft still offers support, with at least 12 months' notice before support ends when no successor is offered. [2]
Sources 2
- Modern Lifecycle Policy retrieved 2026-10-13
- Microsoft Teams lifecycle retrieved 2026-10-13