Therefore, the examples here will only demonstrate creating the configuration file to exclude Teams when installing Microsoft 365 Apps via ODT. Installing Microsoft 365 Apps using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT) is out of the scope of this article.
Microsoft provides multiple ways to install Microsoft 365 Apps without Teams.
To minimize the delays, you usually want your users to use Teams directly on their machines. Separating Teams from Microsoft 365 Apps is also useful for shared remote desktops. For example, you might already have the working solution for deploying Teams. There are some cases in which you’d like to skip the installation of Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365 Apps. In which case, any user with admin access to the computer can uninstall the Teams Machine-Wide Installer.īrowser instructions for running the installer file Excluding Teams Installation from the Office Deployment Tool
Using the ALLUSERS=1 parameter makes the Teams Machine-Wide Installer appear in the Programs and Features in Control Panel and Apps & features in Windows Settings after installation.
Related: How to Run PowerShell as Administrator To do so, open PowerShell as administrator and run the command below. Installing the Teams Machine-Wide InstallerĪfter you downloaded the MSI installer, you’re ready to install the Teams Machine-Wide Installer. And if you’re going to deploy Teams, there are several options you can take based on your requirements.īefore installing Teams, depending on your system architecture, download the 32-bit or 64-bit MSI installer first. MSI files give administrators flexibility and customization options when installing software. If other users on the computer want to have Teams, they will need to install it separately. On the other hand, if you only see the Microsoft Teams in the apps list, it means that Teams is only available to your user profile. But, if the user profile already has the Microsoft Teams client, the installer will not install Teams again. If the Teams Machine-Wide Installer is present, it means that the installer will try to deploy Microsoft Teams to any user profile on that machine. You don’t have to uninstall any of the entries from the list.ĭepending on the installer version, the Teams Machine-Wide Installer default locations are ‘%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Teams Installer’ for 32bit and ‘%PROGRAMFILES%\Teams Installer’ for 64bit. Consequently, two instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer will be visible on the list.ĭouble installation doesn’t interrupt any mechanisms embedded in the installer. The subsequent installation, if using the system account, won’t detect the existing user installation. For example, the double installation might happen when the first Teams MSI installation happened in the user context. In some cases, you might have two instances of Teams Machine-Wide installer on the application list. Next, click Apps and Features menu item, as in the screenshot below:įiltering the apps list to search for Teams To do so, right-click on the Start button or press WIN+X to bring up the context menu. To do so, follow the steps below.įirst, open the Apps & features window. To determine what type of Teams installation exists on your machine, check the Apps & features list. User-based, which installs Teams for one user, and machine-wide, which installs Teams for all users. There are two versions of Teams installation.
This tutorial will use Windows 10 Build 19043. And if you will follow along, you will need a Windows 10 computer.