14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has officially launched an ARM version of Microsoft Teams, as the company keeps betting big on the Windows 10 on ARM strategy that keeps expanding to more devices.
Not a long time ago, Microsoft announced the upgraded Surface Pro X, with the software giant therefore continuing its ARM push with a new device supposed to spearhead the hardware push in this market.
The ARM version of Microsoft Teams wasn’t announced with much fanfare though, and despite everybody knew it was coming, Bill Weidenborner, a Senior PM at Microsoft, published the download link as part of a post on LinkedIn.
“I'm really excited to announce that yesterday we launched our new native ARM64 Teams app for Windows 10 on ARM! If you are on a device that runs Windows 10 on ARM, you can go grab it here. It took a real Teams team effort to make this happen. I'm really proud to work with all the excellent people that were involved,” Weidenborner said.
The Microsoft Teams adoption
When Microsoft announced the Surface Pro X upgrade a few weeks ago, the company also confirmed that it’s working to bring 64-bit emulation to Windows 10 on ARM, essentially resolving the lack of apps that has been plaguing this platform.
But on the other hand, it’s not a secret that a native ARM application that’s specifically optimized for the platform runs smoother and is less likely to experience performance issues.
The adoption of Microsoft teams has skyrocketed earlier this year due to the global health issue which forced many people to work from home. Microsoft revealed that Teams reached 75 million users, revealing that in just two months, it recorded an increase that it previously expected to see happening in two years. So bringing Teams to more users has become a priority for the company, especially as the said health crisis is yet to come to an end.