Bulk upgrade to the new Microsoft Teams client

Hello  Everyone 

I hope everyone is doing good . In this blog, we are going to see, how to deploy the New MS Teams application for a single computer or bulk using teamsbootstrapper.exe

Microsoft provides an executable (.exe) file for the new Teams client so that we can upgrade the MS Teams  application directly to the computer.

Ways of up-gradation methods

teamsbootstrapper.exe, Intune,group Policy , and any 3rd party software distribution  app

TeamsBootstrapper is a lightweight application , which helps admins to install  the MS Teams  app for all users on a target computer.

When teamsbootstrapper.exe is run on a computer, The installer downloads the latest Teams MSIX package from Microsoft

Download and install new Teams for a single computer

Link for the application:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2243204&clcid=0x409

1. Open the Command Prompt as an Admin.
2. At the prompt enter: .\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p
3. A success or fail status displays. - Like below 

.\teamsbootstarpper.exe will give the options 

\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p will new Teams for a single computer

No MS Teams app installed before i ran this .exe [teamsbootstrapper]

New MS Teams app got install  silently on a single computer after i ran 

\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p and dispay says " Success"

Download and install new Teams using an offline installer

Admins can also use a local teams MSIX to provision new Teams. This option minimises the amount of bandwidth used for the initial installation. The MSIX can exist in a local path or UNC.

1. Download the new ms teams - 64 bit (in my case) in the below link

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2196106

1. Open the Command Prompt as an Admin.

For local path, enter .\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p -o "C:\Users\ramki\Downloads\MSTeams-x64 (2).msix"

For UNC, enter: .\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p -o "\unc\path\to\teams.msix"

UNC : 

teamsbootstrapper.exe -p -o "\CMAAD01\C\Teamsapp\MSTeams-x64.msix"

Results 

PS C:\Teamsapp> .\teamsbootstrapper.exe -p -o "\CMAAD01\C\Teamsapp\MSTeams-x64.msix"

{

  "success": false,

  "errorCode": "0x80070057",

  "errorMessage": "MSIX installer is not supported on your Windows Operating System version. Please visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/new-teams-bulk-install-client for supported versions"

}

The above error belongs to my test environment, on which the operating system  doesn't support the new MS Teams client app, while installing the target computer 

for more  error code reference

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/seccrypto/common-hresult-values

To deploy this installer to a group of computers, or your entire organization, follow these steps:

1. Download the .exe installer. If you have downloaded this file previously confirm you have the latest version by comparing the properties on each file.
2. Use intune, Group policy  or third-party distribution software, to distribute the installer to your target computers.
3. Run the installer on each computer or groups of computer devices from Intune using LOB

Intune Deployment

Create a Groups for list of cloud Devices and assign it for deployments

I hope , this new deployment for MS Teams client  helps office 365 admins for easy and smooth installations.  Happy learning 😃