Eligible users can sign up for the Teams Exploratory trial on mobile, allowing full Teams features for free for up to 6 months. Rollout begins early/mid-November 2024. Users need a managed domain email and no active Teams license. Post-trial, a 30-day grace period is provided before access is revoked.
Microsoft Teams Exploratory Trial will be available to eligible users on mobile devices
The Teams Exploratory trial license allows users in your organization to explore the full features of Microsoft Teams for free for up to 6 months, if they are eligible. This update brings mobile experience at par with Desktop wherein users trying to sign up for Exploratory on mobile devices will not receive errors.
When this will happen:
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early/mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by mid/late November 2024.
How this will affect your organization:
With this change, users on mobile devices can sign-up for the Microsoft Teams Exploratory trial license. Once the eligible users sign into Teams on the iOS or Android app, we will prompt them to try out Teams for free. Users will be presented with the terms and conditions. Upon accepting, they will be assigned a trial license.
Who’s eligible?
What features are included?
What happens when a user’s trial license expires?
What you need to do to prepare:
If your organization has already taken steps to disable self-service trials those setting will be honored.
How can you disable Exploratory self-service trial for your organization?