New Teams is losing the ability to open the website tab in the client

TL;DR
Microsoft Teams is losing the ability to show websites inside the new Teams client when using the Website tab, these links will open in a new browser tab instead. This is to better align with best practices in web security and privacy and make the opening of links more reliable. This will affect new and existing Website tabs. Now due mid-July 2024.

Details
If you want to view web content inside the Teams client, use the appropriate app tabs instead. For example, use the SharePoint app tab instead of pinning the URL using the Website tab.

I’m disappointed to see this change as the Website tab is a great ‘catch-all’ and easy to use. Let’s hope the new solution somehow retains the ability to have a conversation right next to the content shown by the tab, as below:

Availability
Due from early April 2024.
Now due mid-July 2024.

Microsoft: “Please note that EDU tenants will not be impacted as we are still researching options on how to best provide a non-disruptive way to access websites for students and educators at a later date”.

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Source, related links, and references
MC708500.
Read more from Loki Meyburg, Prinicipal PM Manager for Microsoft Teams: Upcoming updates to loading websites in Teams tabs.
Related: Boring, but important changes in file open behaviour in classic Teams – Super Simple 365.

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Page originally published
26^th January 2024 and kept up to date.

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