Wednesday, October 19, 2022

How to enable Teams preview channel (Channel 3.7) in Teams to validate the features before it released to everyone

Microsoft update policy allows following the office public preview to test the features before it gets released to the org view. Now, Microsoft Teams follows the same for inline updates for Office features.

Enable Teams Public preview features for users -

Login to Microsoft Teams Admin Center --->Teams Update policies ---> Edit the global policy if you would like to assign it to everyone or create a new update policy and assign the users to users.


There are three options for the Show preview features policy,

  • Follow Office Preview (default)
    • This default option will automatically enable Teams Public Preview features for any user enrolled in the Current Channel (Preview).
    • There are no additional actions required by the end user.
  • Enabled - 
    • This option enables Teams Public Preview - regardless of whether a user is enrolled in the Current Channel (Preview).
  • Not Enabled - 
    • The Teams Public preview feature will not be enabled/available to end users.















Enable Teams Review Channel via PowerShell -

Set-CsTeamsUpdateManagementPolicy -Identity Global -AllowPublicPreview Enabled

Create New Update Management Policy -

New-CsTeamsUpdateManagementPolicy -Name "Enable Public Preview" -AllowPublicPreview Enabled

Grant Update Management Policy to users -

Grant-CsTeamsUpdateManagementPolicy -PolicyName "Enable Public Preview" -Identity "Gengaiyan".


How to enable Teams Public preview features in Teams client -

You can enable the public preview updates on the Windows, Mac, and Browser clients by navigating to the "More option (...) and selecting "About" and selecting "Public preview". Once you select the public preview the client will start in ring 3.7.


How to enable Teams Public preview features in Teams client -

Beta Channel -

Ideal for early adopters and IT Pros who want to test features as they are being built. We look for bugs and regressions from this audience before releasing the features to the next channel. This was previously called Ring 1.5 and is available to participate Teams TAP customers and only under NDA and program requirements. This channel requires the most time commitment and is only available via self-customer nominations.

Private Channel -

Insiders in this channel will see more stable features for validation and piloting adoption. There will be faster updates and adoption help from Microsoft. Pre-release feature support is provided directly by Teams engineering. This channel was previously called Ring 3 and, like the Beta channel, is available to participate in Teams TAP customers only under NDA and program requirements.


How to validate if you are using Public preview or GA version -

If you see the "P" icon on top of your profile picture, it shows you are using the preview version.



Enable Public preview for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows -

Public preview is not enabled by default on the Rooms, but you can enable this feature via XML file.

<EnablePublicPreview>True</EnablePublicPreview>

Feedback to Microsoft -

Share the feedback with Microsoft if you find any glitches.

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