Microsoft Teams updates are about to become less of a total pain TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Microsoft Teams updates are about to become less of a total pain By Joel Khalili published 4 October 2022 Microsoft is simplifying the update installation process for Teams (Image credit: Shutterstock / monticello) Audio player loading… The process of manually installing a new version of Microsoft Teams is about to become a little less laborious, courtesy of an update coming to the collaboration platform. As described in a new entry (opens in new tab) in Microsoft's product roadmap, the company is readying a series of changes that promise to make updating the various Teams clients more straightforward. "Users will only need to approve an update once per app, and the new version will take effect seamlessly in all their chats, channels and meetings," explained Microsoft. Microsoft Teams updates Over the course of the year, Microsoft pushes out hundreds of updates across its portfolio of office software and productivity tools. Some deliver only incremental improvements, but others come bundled with major new features or patches for dangerous security vulnerabilities. For this reason, it's important that businesses are able to update employees to the latest version of Microsoft Teams and other software as efficiently as possible. In the majority of instances, Microsoft Teams will update itself to the latest version automatically. According to Microsoft documentation, the clients are designed to scan for new updates every few hours. However, if for whatever reason an update fails to register, individual users are required to perform a manual installation, because there is no mechanism for IT professionals to roll out an update to a full fleet of devices.Read more> There's finally a fix for this serious Microsoft Teams problem > Our list of the best business webcams around > Slack and Microsoft Teams have some worrying security flaws Historically, this manual process has been unnecessarily finicky and not particularly intuitive, requiring users to navigate to their profile menu in order to check whether a new version is available. But with the upcoming update, Microsoft is hoping to rectify this issue. The specifics of the new process remain unclear, but the suggestion is that users will have fewer menus to navigate through to install an update for Microsoft Teams, which will then be applied automatically across all channels and chats. The update is still currently under development, but should take effect for all users by the end of the month.Also check out our list of the best video conferencing software around Joel KhaliliNews and Features EditorJoel Khalili is the News and Features Editor at TechRadar Pro, covering cybersecurity, data privacy, cloud, AI, blockchain, internet infrastructure, 5G, data storage and computing. He's responsible for curating our news content, as well as commissioning and producing features on the technologies that are transforming the way the world does business. See more Software news Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to theTechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1You may not have to sell a body part to afford the Nvidia RTX 4090 after all2My days as a helpful meat shield are over, thanks to the Killer Klown horror game3I tried the weirdest-looking Bluetooth speaker in the world, and I utterly adore it4It looks like Fallout's spiritual successor is getting a PS5 remaster5One of the world's most popular programming languages is coming to Linux1We finally know what 'Wi-Fi' stands for - and it's not what you think2Best laptops for designers and coders 3The iPhone 14 Pro is made of the wrong stuff; the Pixel 7 proves that to me4Miofive 4K Dash Cam review5Logitech's latest webcam and headset want to relieve your work day frustrations Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)