Summary
- Microsoft is retiring Immersive Events and Avatars in Microsoft Teams, which will remove the ability to create, join, or use these experiences after retirement.
- The change affects organizations that use these features for events, training, engagement, or collaboration scenarios, including event organizers, admins, and end users.
- Core Teams capabilities such as meetings, webinars, town halls, chat, and channels are not affected.
- IT should review current usage, identify dependent workflows, communicate with impacted users, and plan alternative solutions before retirement.
Primary Service: Teams
Admin Impact: Medium
User Impact: Medium
Release Start: 01 Apr 2027
Release End: 01 Apr 2027
Services: Live Events, Teams, Town Hall
Category: Plan for change
Tags: Admin Action, Retirement, User Adoption, Highlighted
History
10/12/2026 Item Added to Message Center
Microsoft Message
Microsoft will retire Immersive Events in Teams and Avatars in Teams. These experiences will remain available and supported until April 2027. After retirement, users will no longer be able to create or participate in Immersive Events or use Avatars in Teams.
Microsoft regularly evaluates its product portfolio to ensure we are delivering the experiences that best meet customer needs. As part of this process, we have decided to retire Immersive Events and Avatars in Teams and focus our efforts on broader collaboration and communication experiences across Microsoft Teams.
Rollout Schedule
- Public notification: October 2026.
- Retirement of Immersive Events and Avatars in Teams: April 2027.
- Additional in-product reminders and notifications will be provided before retirement.
- Global: We will begin rolling out in early October 2026 and expect to complete by early April 2027.
Impact on Your Organization
Who is affected
- Organizations and users who currently use Immersive Events or Avatars in Microsoft Teams.
- Event organizers, administrators, and users who rely on these capabilities for events, training, engagement activities, or collaboration scenarios.
Platforms/Services
- Microsoft Teams
- Immersive Events in Teams
- Avatars in Teams
What will happen
- Immersive Events in Teams and Avatars in Teams will be retired in April 2027.
- Users will no longer be able to create or participate in Immersive Events after retirement.
- Users will no longer be able to use Avatars in Teams after retirement.
- Standard Teams meetings, webinars, town halls, chat, channels, and other core Microsoft Teams collaboration experiences are not affected.
Action Required/Recommendations
Before retirement, we recommend that your organization:
- Review current usage of Immersive Events and Avatars in Teams.
- Identify workflows, training, events, or engagement activities that rely on these capabilities.
- Inform event organizers, administrators, and users who may be impacted.
- Plan alternatives for scenarios that currently depend on Immersive Events or Avatars.
- Watch for future product communications and documentation updates that will provide additional retirement guidance.
We appreciate the feedback and partnership from customers, creators, and organizations that have used these experiences. Microsoft remains focused on delivering collaboration experiences that help people connect and work together in Teams.
Compliance considerations
No compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization.