Microsoft Teams download banner / popup needs to be removed
When a user in the Office 365 environment wants to use the web version http://teams.microsoft.com, a popup message is visible at the upper area with a prompt to install the client version:
“Want an even faster, more collaborative experience? Download the desktop app.” By several given security compliance requirements in big IT environments, the users shouldn’t be able to install any additional software at their PCs. This popup is confusing the web-only Teams user and also it makes the software deployment team nervous.
Carsten Eberhard
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Dix
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Another vote - as the Web app is currently the best option for non-persistent VDIs, making our users click skip every time will further degrade the user experience as compared to the desktop app.
A simple solution would be to have a URL that just takes you straight to the login for Teams
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Anonymous
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Agreed we really need this setting for admins
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bryan
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Agreed, the lack of admin functionality is making it very hard to deal with in VDI environments and will make it very hard to recommend to clients
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Matt Schultz [BCBSNE]
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It would be really helpful to be able to pass a URL parameter (something like ?skipdownload=true) to selectively bypass this for those trying to use it in VDI or other managed scenarios.
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Matt Schultz [BCBSNE]
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Another +1 from someone trying to use Teams in a VDI environment. We're plugging away at making the client work despite it being a per-user install and incredibly memory hungry, so this pretty much eliminates using the web client as a workaround/substitute.
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Joar Ekendahl
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Users should be able to install stuff on their pc... lazy security requirements, tbh.
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Anonymous
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I agree.
Has the banner been deleted from the Teams on browser, recently ?
And I hope to remove from the profile menu!! -
LJ Tenison
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I would agree. We need an admin setting to disable the download banner ad and link for some environments that want to focus users on the web version only.
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Anonymous
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We’re having resource issues when we try to install and use Teams and Skype on Citrix servers. They use significant resources, and the web version of Teams always prompts a user to download a full version, something that isn’t feasible in our Citrix environment.
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Lilly
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I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I have operators who will be soon using it to replace VDI environment so it's helpful to have it there especially for first time users. Perhaps it could be moved to the side or somewhere under profile?
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Dominik Dünnebacke
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Agreed. Some platforms do not support the Desktop app as of now (e.g. VDI environments such as RDS or Citrix) and using the web app is the only option to deploy the software. The download banner causes confusion.
Perhaps you could implement an option in the admin panel to disable the advertisement of the Desktop (and mobile) app.
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Anonymous
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Totally agreed. Also the desktop app does not bring more functionality nor performance over the web browser (there's always a lag when switching between conversations in every versions).
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Carsten Eberhard
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Additional enhancement: The message will also be shown if the client has the app already installed, so it make no sense for those situations.