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I'm attempting to run MS Teams on Ubuntu 22.04 as I have for many months now and suddenly I get an error that states "Operation failed with unexpected error."

I also notice that when search for information about Teams that I find the latest MS documentation doesn't mention how to install on Linux:

desktop clients - linux not listed

I also found a link that states: Microsoft Teams progressive web app now available on Linux

However, clicking the "Learn MOre" link on that page is a circular reference and does not take you to any instructions to install on Linux or download the .deb as it allowed in the past.

Uninstalled / Installed

I uninstalled the app and tried installing again I saw the following:

failed to connect

Getting the Original Deb pkg

Originally I downloaded the PWA deb pkg from an official microsoft site (the one that mentions that the desktop app is gone).

I also searched around to see if Microsoft makes the PWA installation package available anywhere at this time.

It seems they removed it a while back but luckily I still have it in my downloads directory.

I also found a Microsoft link that shows that you can get the .deb for installation at: https://mirror.slackware.hr/sources/teams/teams_1.5.00.23861_amd64.deb

It seems as if they are hiding the PWA too and probably not actually supporting it either. Probably will be just a browser page in the futre.

Has Microsoft removed support for Teams on Linux?

raddevus
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For some reason to solve this (on the PWA) I had to :

  1. use browser to navigate to my organizations official Office365 login.
  2. Click the teams icon on the left sidebar 2a. outlook worked but teams failed numerous times
  3. start the PWA again - it finally redirected me to my orgs login and now the Teams PWA worked again.

There were updates to office365 yesterday which were world wide. i believe it has something to do with that.

office 365 teams icon

Additional Info

I recenlty switched to Wayland to resolve an issue that is documented here on AskUbuntu.

Teams Screen Share Disappears Under Wayland

All my other issues with Wayland had been resolved, but today I discovered that if you're running the official (Old) MS Teams from https://mirror.slackware.hr/sources/teams/teams_1.5.00.23861_amd64.deb and you are running Wayland, then you will not have screen share abilities.

I switched back to X11 and I now have Screen Share abilities in MS Teams Version 1.5.00.23861 (64-bit).

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raddevus
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According to a response on https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/how-to-install-microsoft-teams-in-ubuntu/cf1e47eb-d005-4845-8c38-9b9d9bbdc258 : "...According to various resources, Teams for Linux is retired on December 2022. However, they have replaced it with a progressive web app (PWA). ..."

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