Microsoft to Retire Teams Together Mode for Performance Gains

**Executive summary:** Microsoft announced the retirement of Teams Together mode effective June 30, 2026, consolidating meeting layouts around a modern Gallery view to improve performance, device compatibility, and engineering focus; the announcement details retired features (scenes, toggles, custom and branded scenes), recommends Gallery-based alternatives and admin deployment guidance, and frames the change as a reallocation of engineering resources toward AI-driven video and quality enhancements.