“We discourage users from trying this version (and any other versions that do not come from official Microsoft distribution channels), as it is still in the early phases of testing, fixing, and validation.” The information in these articles is inaccurate, and they have no backing from Microsoft,” Microsoft’s engineer Alex said on the feedback portal. “Recently some sites have published articles about a Microsoft Teams Beta release of a Universal Binary application that runs natively on both M1 and Intel based processors. However, the company has warned against using the “unvalidated/ unsupported” beta version because it could lead to bugs or performance issues. Since then, many Mac users have been able to download the app from Microsoft’s website to test it on their machines.

Notably, a pre-release version of Teams optimized for Apple Silicon Macs leaked online back in April this year. Microsoft Teams ‘Universal app’ for Apple M1/M2 Macs available in beta version “Teams now comes as a Universal Binary Mac so it runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon based Mac devices,” the company explained on the Microsoft 365 roadmap. Microsoft says that its new Teams “Universal” app for M1/2 Macs should perform better than the existing client for Intel-based devices. Microsoft Teams’ native Apple Silicon support has been one of the top requests on Microsoft’s feedback portal. It uses Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulation when running on the new M1/M2-powered Macs.

The company recently updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap to indicate that the new Teams version is expected to be generally available in September.Ĭurrently, the Microsoft Teams desktop app runs as an Intel application on Apple Silicon Macs. Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing support for Apple M1/M2 processors in its Microsoft Teams app for macOS.

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