M365 Changelog: (Updated) Simplified team creation

MC697434 – Updated January 19, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Today, users go through multiple steps, selecting between options while creating teams. However, most users are inclined towards setting up their team from scratch and as private. Hence, Microsoft defaulted to a simpler experience, yet giving users the rich options of creating a team from a template or group and selecting privacy/sensitivity of the team. It is a simple by default, power on demand experience.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 163364

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.

Standard Release: Microsoft will begin rolling out mid-February 2024 and expect to complete by late February 2024.

GCC: Microsoft will begin rolling out in early March 2024 and expect to complete by late March 2024.

GCC High and DoD: Microsoft will begin rolling out late March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

Users will be able to create teams quickly from the + button.

What you need to do to prepare:

Users will need to go on a secondary level from the ‘create team from scratch’ dialog to create teams from templates or groups.