Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months
Users of the new free version will still have access to unlimited group meetings , can include up to 100 participants per meeting, and will gain 5GB of cloud storage per user – hopefully storage they won't lose access to later.last month, which, among other things, looks through Windows PCs to find out-of-date versions of Office software.
One sysadmin queried:"How can one confirm that the Teams installed on a user's PC is licensed as part of their 365 and not the free version? If one is found to be using the free version but is already qualified/licensed for 365, how can we force that upgrade so that the user retains their history? ... Would MS already have detected and migrated them?"
Another asked:"Can we switch to the paid plan, and then downgrade to the free plan to keep our chat data? Switching from the current classic free plan to the new free plan removes all chat data... you have to manually migrate it all : or another version name at the top of the menu. The last time freebie fans were this worried was when Microsoft spammed administrators of Teams Free organizations to suggest they should upgrade to avoid imminent deletion of data. The Windows giant later explained that this was a mistake, and that a bug in the works had sent the mail. It said the original message was meant for admins of unused Teams Free accounts that had sat dormant for 90 days .
A Microsoft spokesperson told us:"Beginning April 12, 2023, Microsoft Teams Free will no longer be available. Customers may use the newer free version of Teams, or upgrade to another version of Teams, such as Teams Essentials or Microsoft 365 Business Plans, which are designed for small businesses." ®
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