Improve Install options - Install for all users and install location
Raising this again as Microsoft closed the previous request, saying it was complete even though it was not. (link below)
Teams should install to the program files directory, not the users AppData.
And NO, the answer is not to put a copy of the MSI in Pogram Files and deploy to the users AppData when they login.
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Hatt Jarlin
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Spent all day trying to figure out how to get Teams working in our RemoteApp environment with User Profile Disks and Software Restriction Policies. Literally can't do it without compromising security or letting Teams install to C:\ProgramData\ (which it seems to do for some inexplicable reason if %LocalAppData% can't be accessed).
Microsoft need to allow the entire application to be installed to %ProgramFiles% and only store user-specific data in AppData.
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Edgy Boi
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I agree we change our policies and we are nto allow to run programs from user profile and also issues with our deployment software exist cause team is not installing to users that are not already log in etc we need this installed to work on program files
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James
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Any progress on this? This is unbelievable
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Anonymous
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This is bad for busy meeting room computers where disks are small and constantly filling up.
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Anonymous
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I agree 100 percent ! It would be great too, to have to possibility to disable the creation of thé desktop shortcut.
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Richard
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This really needs to be fixed. two applications that use this wonderful squrrel installer, when a new user profile logs on for the first time both run and one will fail, then run next logon, not pretty. Please create a proper Windows installer installation that gives the option to install to Program Files.
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Arne
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Need the same installer as the vdi Teams MSI for normal client installs without the check for vmware flag
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Gt
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This kills teams in VDI for us.
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Andreas Norling
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So, the OneDrive Setup now has support for per-machine installation. But still not the Teams app? Come on Microsoft.
As it is right now we can't deply the Teams app in our organisation. We need it to be install and executed from the Program Files folder. Not the appdata folder for each user. We have lots of shared workstations and the teams app just eats up all avaliable drive space. -
Daniel Kingdon
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Please can this be given some thought. We run several computer labs with over 300 students. Even with profile clean up based on 30 days our C:\Users directories are now ballooning to over 100gb in some cases. 100 copies of 700mb of teams application on the same pc cannot be efficient. Just let us install to program files like every other application on the planet. We love teams but this could force us to temporarily disable as we are running out of disk space.
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DonutCat
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Still no word from MS, other than to add the msi wrapper into the latest office 365 installer.
Also worthy of note is that not only is the executable in appdata, when is should be in program files. The cache IS in appdata when it should be in appdatalocal.
Can we accept that programs should go in programfiles, application data (settings etc) should go in appdata (allowing us to redirect/roam) and cache files should be appdatalocal so they can get destroyed after log off. This not only work in an education settings, but enterprise and VDI.
It is really not that hard a concept. Even Adobe can get this right!
Closing the previous request, and being extremely quiet on this request is exceptionally frustrating when we are the people pushing this product to millions of end users and these limitations are making our job in-necessarily hard.
We don't need 2 weekly updates, as said previously this is production grade software now time to do things properly.
And at least confirm that you have heard this UserVoice and recognize we want something that is not available. -
Elena
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Hi Microsoft Team
I would like you to ask to improve Microsoft Teams app.
Please find a way of installing it per machine rather than per local user profile.
Installing this app per user local profile is not very convenient, as people can move desks or use hotdesks.
Many thanks
Many thanks
Kind regards
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David
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It is beyond stupid to not provide this! Allow regular users to install apps in user-writable app-data? Has MS been aware of this new ransomware thing? If they want enterprise adoption, get with it.
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Anonymous
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Sticking with Slack until Microsoft pull their finger out, will also need to look at alternatives for Skype for Business as it gets phased out. We simply cannot allow this software in our organisation.
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Steven M
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Same here!!!!! I would also like a proper per machine install for the company I work for. Would like to install this in a non persistent Citrix VDI where I don't have to roam the profile location of the Teams user install.
Microsoft pull your finger out and offer an alternative install based on true per machine.
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David Kosik
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Please allow proper per machine installs. You argue that the updates are too frequent for admins to handle. Well I have a solution for this. Do not update that often. Nobody wants updates twice a week. This is no longer beta software.
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Anonymous
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As already said, users should not be allowed to run programs from areas where they are permitted to write files.
I guess I will switch to Slack if no proper installation process (into ProgramFiles) process can be given by Microsoft for Teams.Still hoping to hear from you...
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Anonymous
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Still waiting for a proper installer for my citrix environment! I refuse to have all citrix profiles bloat with several hundred MBs of Teams ****.
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Nick J
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Please sort out your Teams installer or we cannot roll this out to our Citrix/RDS users, until you fix this our users will have to make do with the web version instead.
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Anonymous
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I found this suggestions for Microsoft to improve install options on teams: https://www.masterpackager.com/blog/how-microsoft-teams-installer-should-have-looked-like-from-the-beginning .
So Please Microsoft, is it available tomorrow?