Comments on: Remove the built-in Teams client and chat icon from Windows 11

By: Ffej

Ffej — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:47:08 +0000

On M$ EPM AC it gives me errors saying I’m not authorized to view it.. Any idea why? 11 build is from M$ site…

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 03:14:38 +0000

The proactive remediation script does not work for me I’m afraid, I had to add -Allusers after Get-AppxPackage in the detection script. And then the same thing after Get-AppxPackage and Remove-AppxPackage in the remdiation script. Nevertheless thank for the article it got me to where I need to be :).

Detection
if($null -eq (Get-AppxPackage -Allusers -Name MicrosoftTeams))
{
Write-Host “Microsoft Teams client not found”
exit 0
}
Else{
Write-Host “Microsoft Teams client found”
Exit 1
}

Remediation
#Script removes the new Microsoft Teams consumer app on Windows 11.
#App is removed because this app can only be used with personal Microsoft accounts

try {
Get-AppxPackage -Allusers -Name MicrosoftTeams | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -ErrorAction stop
Write-Host “Microsoft Teams app successfully removed”
}
catch {
Write-Error “Error removing Microsoft Teams app”
}

By: Peter Klapwijk

Peter Klapwijk — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 07:36:31 +0000

In reply to Tony Spencer. It will most likely work on these devices, but you don't meet the license requirements. So, that's a no go.

By: Tony Spencer

Tony Spencer — Tue, 24 May 2022 05:24:59 +0000

As per
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/analytics/overview

Proactive remediations also requires users of the devices to have one of the following licenses:

Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 or E5 (included in Microsoft 365 F3, E3, or E5)
Windows 10/11 Education A3 or A5 (included in Microsoft 365 A3 or A5)
Windows 10/11 Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) per user

So won’t work with Microsoft 365 Business Premium?

By: Sven

Sven — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:19:29 +0000

Thanks for the blogpost!

For simplicity the Teams chat icon can also be removed via the settings catalog as an extra option 🙂
To remove the Chat icon using Intune – Settings Catalog, do the following steps:

Create a new Configuration Policy.
Search for Experience.
Select Configure Chat icon.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/application-management/managing-teams-chat-icon-windows-11

By: Peter Klapwijk

Peter Klapwijk — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:51:10 +0000

In reply to George G.. Yes, it works for standard users.

By: George G.

George G. — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:31:34 +0000

Since this is using logged-in user credentials, will it work for users that are not admins on their devices? Or, will we have to add a “-allusers” parameter to the script?

By: chris

chris — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:50:48 +0000

awesome work – i was able to follow the article and it delivered on the first attempt – good stuff man ! keep it up

By: Carl M

Carl M — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:03:48 +0000

In reply to Peter Klapwijk. So you are saying that this Proactive Remediation as listed above, will continue to keep the Teams built-in app uninstalled after the initial run? No manual intervention going forward?

By: Peter Klapwijk

Peter Klapwijk — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 14:15:29 +0000

In reply to ed hixon. That's why I changed the approach to using Proactive Remediation and changed the article. Peter