By Matt Binder
Publication Date: 2026-05-18 15:43:00
Microsoft Teams is losing a feature that was launched back when many people were working remotely during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Microsoft, the company is saying “goodbye” to Together mode in Microsoft teams and “moving to a simpler layout experience.”
For those unfamiliar with Microsoft Teams, it’s a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform that many businesses use as its part of the Microsoft 365 suite. Along with messaging and file sharing features, Microsoft Teams also provides Zoom-like video conferencing.
In the summer of 2020, when remote work was at all-time highs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft rolled out Together mode in order to help users “feel like you’re sitting in the same room with everyone else in the meeting or class.” The feature basically removed the background for every user on a video meeting and put them in a virtual room. Basically, the feature gave…
