📢 Microsoft Teams Public Preview Channel has been announced

Microsoft announces the launch of the Microsoft Teams Public Preview program. The announcement made to align it with the Microsoft 365 deployment channels. And also to make it clearer for existing insiders to choose the right experience for them. Microsoft said that the actual availability of the new program will be later this week.

Are you interested to be part of this public preview program for Microsoft Teams? Then continue reading to learn how you can join the Microsoft Teams public preview channel.

Microsoft Teams public preview channel aims to provide prior access to upcoming features to the customers and developers who want to evaluate and build features before final deployment to the stable release channel.

Microsoft in their announcement said that Microsoft Teams continues to innovate at a fast pace while delivering an enterprise-grade experience to over 115M daily active users. Though the pre-release access was first launched for Teams over 4 years ago via the Technology Adoption Program (TAP), which was private and under the NDA, there was a need to release it to a broader audience to accumulate more feedback.

After the announcement of this new Public Preview Channel, here is an overview of the currently available pre-release channels for Microsoft Teams:

The "Beta Channel" is ideal for the early adopters and IT Pros who want to test the features as early as possible, during the early development stage. The "Private Preview Channel" is for the insiders who want to receive more stable builds with the latest features added to Microsoft Teams. On the other side, the new "Public Preview Channel" is for customers who want to evaluate a feature for developers who want to build a solution before broader deployment.

To join the Microsoft Teams Public Preview Channel, read the instructions here.