Don't install Microsoft Teams with new installations or updates of Office

This policy setting allows you to control whether Microsoft Teams is installed with a new installation of Office or when an existing installation of Office is updated.

Note: This policy setting only applies to versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, where Teams is installed with a new installation or an update of Office.

If you enable this policy setting, Teams won't be installed with a new installation or an update of Office.

If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Teams will be installed as part of a new installation or an update of Office, unless you have used some other method, such as the Office Deployment Tool, to exclude the installation of Teams.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate
Value Namepreventteamsinstall
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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