Web-based Share to Teams experience in Outlook will be retired

Microsoft is retiring the standalone _Share to Teams_ experience in Outlook for users who don’t have the Teams desktop app installed. This change removes the web-based sharing dialog and aligns Outlook with the Teams client for a consistent and modern experience across platforms.

This retirement affects:

  • Outlook for Windows (New and Classic)
  • Outlook for Mac (New and Legacy)
  • Outlook on the web

Timeline

Retirement is planned between 22 September and 3 October 2025.

Impact on users

This change impacts only users who don’t have the Teams desktop app installed on Windows or Mac.
Until now, those users could fall back to a web-based Share to Teams dialog directly in Outlook.

Web-based Share to Teams experience in Outlook
Web-based Share to Teams experience in Outlook

After 22 September 2025:

  • Selecting Share to Teams in Outlook without the Teams desktop app will redirect to a launcher page prompting installation of the Teams client.
  • The standalone web dialog will no longer be available.
  • On Mac, users may see an error because of Apple restrictions on launcher dialogs.

To ensure the share flow works, users need to be signed in to Teams with the same account they use in Outlook.

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Tobias Asböck

Tobias Asböck

Tobias is a Senior System Engineer with more than 10 years of professional experience with Microsoft 365 products such as SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams Collaboration, Entra ID, Information Protection, Universal Print, and Microsoft 365 Licensing. He also has 15+ years of experience planning, administering, and operating SharePoint Server environments. In his spare time, Tobias is busy with updates in the Microsoft 365 world or on the road with his road bike and other sports activities. If you have additional questions, please contact me via LinkedIn or support@topedia.com.

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