New Teams showing “VMware Media Optimized” Your install may automatically include Teams Optimization and not prompt. When installing the VMware Horizon client on Windows computers, you’ll need to make sure you check and enable the “Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams” option on the installer if prompted. Please see below for the GPO setting locations: Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> VMware View Agent Configuration -> VMware HTML5 Features -> Enable VMware HTML5 Features Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> VMware View Agent Configuration -> VMware HTML5 Features -> VMware WebRTC Redirection Features -> Enable Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams If you have done this for the old Teams app, you can skip this. If you haven’t previously for the old client, you’ll need to enable the Teams Media Optimizations for VDI for your VDI platform.įor VMware Horizon, we’ll create a GPO and set the “Enable HTML5 Features” and “Enable Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams”, to “Enabled”. While it is recommended to uninstall the old client and install the new client, you can choose to run both versions side by side together, providing an option to your users as to which version they would like to use.Įnable Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams on VDI.If you have already enabled Media Optimization for Teams on VDI for the old version, you can simply install the client using the special bulk installer for all users as shown below, as the new client uses the existing media optimizations.New Teams client app uses the same VDI media optimization channels as the old teams (for VMware Horizon, Citrix, AVD, and W365).Auto-updates can be disabled via a registry key.You will also need to enable Microsoft Teams Media Optimization for the VDI platform you are using (in my case and example, VMware Horizon). ![]() See below for more information on configurating auto-updates. For persistent VDI, you will want auto updates enabled. Please Note: If you have deployed non-persistent VDI (Instant Clones), you’ll want to make sure you disable auto-updates, as these should be performed manually on the base image. ![]() While installing the new Teams is fairly simple for non-VDI environment (by simply either enabling the new version in the Teams Admin portal, or using your application manager to deploy the installer), a special method is required to deploy on your VDI images, whether persistent or non-persistent.ĭo not include and bundle the Microsoft Teams install with your Microsoft 365 (Office 365) deployment as these need to be installed separately. Interestingly enough, it uses the same media optimization channels for VDI as the old client used, so enablement and/or migrating from the old version is very simple if you’re running VMware Horizon, Citrix, AVD, and/or Windows 365. My close friend and colleague, mobile jon, did a fantastic in-depth Deep Dive into the New Microsoft Teams and it’s inner workings that I highly recommend reading. And fortunately for us, it supports media optimizations for VDI environments. Ultimately, it’s way faster, and consumes way less memory. New Microsoft Teams app VDI optimized with Toggle for new/old version
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