Get Ready for Smoother Meetings and Quicker Calls!
Exciting news for everyone using Microsoft Teams on Windows! We’re making some clever changes behind the scenes to help your calls and meetings run even smoother and start up faster. Think of it as giving Teams a dedicated assistant just for calls, freeing up the main app to do everything else more efficiently. This little tweak will make a big difference to how responsive Teams feels during your daily chats and conferences.
Why This Matters for You:
- Faster Start-Ups: No more waiting around, you’ll be able to jump into your important calls and meetings more quickly.
- Smoother Performance: Experience less lag, clearer audio, and sharper video, making your communication feel more natural and effortless.
- Optimised Resource Usage: Teams will be smarter about how it uses your computer’s power, helping your PC stay snappy while you work.
When This Change Will Happen:
This improvement will start rolling out globally from early January 2026 and should be completed for everyone by late January 2026. Please note that timelines can sometimes shift due to year-end updates.
How This Affects Your Organisation:
- Who’s Affected: Every user running the Microsoft Teams desktop app on a Windows computer.
- What You’ll See (or Won’t!):
- You might notice a new entry in your Task Manager called
ms-teams_modulehost.exe, sitting underneath the main Teams process (ms-teams.exe). Don’t worry, it’s a good thing! - This new entry is specifically looking after your calls and meetings, making them snappier and more reliable.
- The best part? You won’t see any changes to how you use Teams day-to-day. Your IT team might just need to give this new process a quick ‘all clear’ in their security settings.
- You might notice a new entry in your Task Manager called
What Your IT Team Can Do to Prepare:
- If you’re an IT administrator, please ensure your endpoint management and security software (like antivirus programmes) are updated to ‘allow’ this new process,
ms-teams_modulehost.exe, just like it already does forms-teams.exe. - Give your helpdesk staff a heads-up so they know what this new process is if users have any questions during troubleshooting.
- If your internal documentation references specific Teams process names, it might be a good idea to give them a quick update.
- For more technical details on Teams performance improvements, you can learn more on the Microsoft Teams documentation website.
Compliance Considerations:
No specific compliance worries have been identified with this change, but it’s always a good idea for your organisation to review this as appropriate for your specific needs.
Microsoft Update Reference: 2025-11-25T00:01:09.787Z