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@mluque Yes, it seems that Microsoft is doing the wrong thing and has deleted the packages from the repository. There are several open threads on this topic.

The truth is that since the announcement that Microsoft was going to withdraw the Teams client, one does not know what is going to happen. I hope they restore the files, but in the meantime I have uploaded the binaries here (they are the Arch packages, I don't have the original .deb packages but if someone passes them to me I can include them).

Please, before flag as Out-of-date perform a double check in versions. Version 1.4.00.4855 is higher than 1.3.00.30857, 1.3.00.5153 or 1.3.00.958.

If you doubt, please remember the math classes and perform a count 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 958, 959, ..., 5152, 5153, 5154, ..., 30856, 30857, 30858, etc.

You can go to HERE, download DEB or RPM and compare versions

@Master-2000 Thank you for this information. For educational purposes, would you mind writing a small description about what this does?

you can solve the problem by editing /usr/bin/teams

change last line to: nohup "$TEAMS_PATH" "$@" --disable-namespace-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox > "$TEAMS_LOGS/teams-startup.log" 2>&1 &

Like crystal_pepsi mentions, this version is broken. (1.4.00.4855-1) Meeting links simply never open.

Would it be possible to create an additional teams package what will install the previous version?

I would be very happy to contribute to that.

Most likely it only involves taking the previous PKGBUILD file so that the 1.3.00.30857 version is downloaded and installed.

@crystal_pepsi: You probably know this, but for what it is worth. You can change the downloaded *.deb file and hash in your local PKGBUILD file and get a working version of teams.

Like others here, I have noticed that after updating to 1.4, teams can no longer handle links from browsers. I did find a workaround I wanted to share.

If you open the teams application, and navigate to the calendar tab, you can join meetings through invitations on your calendar (assuming you received an outlook calendar invitation containing the meeting link).

Obviously, this work around doesn't work if you do not have a meeting invitation in your outlook calendar.

Hi ! does anyone know how to start teams on tray, not opening a window at all, just remaining in tray?

Same observation as @daniel_chesters here - impossible to launch version 1.4.00.4855 via a link to a Teams meeting. Instead, the Teams windows flickers (if already open) or just opens (if not), but does not connect to the meeting.

This problem did not exist in 1.3.x

Here is what I see in the log in .config/Microsoft/Microsoft Teams/logs.txt:

... Wed Mar 10 2021 XZ:ZA:56 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) <2575> -- info -- Running command line from source: handleCommandLine Wed Mar 10 2021 XZ:ZA:56 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) <2575> -- info -- Command Line State - Unknown Wed Mar 10 2021 XZ:ZA:56 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time) <2575> -- info -- App subsequent launch - restoring existing app ...

Updating to the 1.4 package fixed my sign-in loop issue, but I had to clear the saved credentials first. Otherwise it would still loop.

Hi, when I update to version 1.4.00.4855, neither with Firefox nor with Chromium nor with command-line, teams stop to handle the link. Teams only open and doesn't connect to meeting from the link. I have to stay in 1.3.xx until I found a solution for this issue.

EDIT: On Microsoft site, it stills a 1.3.xxxxx version for the Linux desktop packages.

Like mortenn I've the same problem, also the link don't work on firefox (same sign in loop). Chromium was the solution.

thanks for the suggestion, it is an institutional account from my university. However, I'm inclined to think that the lack of features is an issue with being on linux, see for instance https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/teams-for-linux-grid-view-not-available/b3e6d5df-821d-46f7-83f3-e948851aa67b