Microsoft inches closer to a unified domain, teams.cloud.microsoft will go live in June'24

The existing domain will work

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Published onMarch 15, 2024

published onMarch 15, 2024

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In April last year, Microsoft announced plans for a unified domain (cloud.microsoft) for all its cloud services, be it Teams, OneDrive, Loop, Outlook, or Viva, amongst others.

Now, the Redmond-based tech giant has sent out a reminder to developers of Teams apps and shared a series of steps to undertake in order to switch to the unified domain system. This pertains to both developers running on Outlook and Microsoft 365.

If developers don’t take any action byJune 2024, the app will not render in the new domain (teams.cloud.microsoft). Instead, it will be accessible on the existing domain (teams.microsoft.com). If opened on the new domain, you will be presented with an error message.

Microsoft has confirmed that the existing domain won’t be retired after June’24, at least for now, and will work as expected.

Microsoft, in theofficial blog post, recommends these two changes,

Microsoft has kept the entire process really simple, ensuring minimal effort from the user’s end. Admins will find*.cloud.microsoftalready added to theOffice 365URLs.

The idea behind a unified domain for Microsoft Teams and other apps is to ensure simplicity, minimize the number of redirects, reduce delay, and make things all the more seamless for both end users and developers.

The company plans to usemicrosoft.comfor non-product experiences, say, support, e-commerce and marketing, while the new domain,cloud.microsoft, will only host authenticated, user-facing product experiences.

Since Microsoft has exclusive rights over the.microsoftTLD (Top Level Domain), it will allow more advanced security protocols to be enforced and grant a higher level of control.

It seems like Micorosft has bigger plans for the native video-conferencing software.Teams got many new featuresin recent days. Even theTeams mobile app is more user-friendlythan ever. Reports suggest, we should see a wide array of improvements in the coming months.

What do you think of Microsoft’s plan to switch to a unified domain? Share with our readers in the comments section.

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