MC1197104 High Major change
Deprecation of Designer bot and Designer banners in Teams
Summary AI-generated
Designer bot and banners in Teams will retire starting mid-January 2026, with Copilot in Teams replacing image generation features; no admin action needed but notify users.
Suggested actions AI-generated
- Notify users about Designer bot and banner retirement
- Update internal documentation
- Share Copilot image generation guidance
Written by Azure OpenAI (gpt-4.1) from the text of the post below. It can be incomplete or wrong; the original post is authoritative.
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Original post from Microsoft
Introduction
We’re retiring the Designer bot and Designer banners in Microsoft Teams to streamline image generation capabilities. Moving forward, Copilot in Teams will provide enhanced image generation features, where we will continue to invest and improve functionality.
When this will happen:
Retirement begins mid-January 2026 and completes by February 27, 2026.
How this affects your organization:
- Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users who currently use Designer bot or Designer banners.
- What will happen:
- Users will no longer be able to install or use the Designer bot in Teams chat.
- Users will no longer be able to create channel announcement banners using Designer.
- Users can generate images using Copilot in Teams instead.
- No admin configuration changes are required.
What you can do to prepare:
- No admin action is required; this change happens automatically.
- Recommended steps:
- Notify your users about the retirement of Designer bot and banners.
- Update internal documentation to reflect this change.
- Share guidance on using Copilot in Teams for image generation.
Learn more: AI Image Generator in Copilot
Compliance considerations:
No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.
Additional details from Microsoft
- Summary
- The Designer bot and Designer banners in Microsoft Teams will be retired between mid-January and February 27, 2026. Users can no longer use these features but can generate images via Copilot in Teams. No admin action is needed; notify users and update documentation accordingly.