MC798316Microsoft Teams: Simplifying the personal app design at the top of the screen

Updated August 15, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon: Microsoft Teams personal apps will have a new simplified design at the top of the screen in Teams desktop and web clients. With this change, the About tab and other utility actions like Refresh for each app will be moved to the three-dot menu at the top of the screen.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 396166.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024 (previously late July).

How this will affect your organization:

This rollout is for new Teams for Desktop, Web, and Mac. This rollout is not for Teams iOS or Android.

Before the rollout, the top of the screen for personal apps in Teams was cluttered with the About tab and other utility actions.

After the rollout, some applications will no longer have any tabs in the header bar, reducing overall complexity and visual clutter.

An example of a personal app with the new design:

This new design is enabled by default for users of new Teams for Desktop, Web, and Mac.

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.