Edge update breaks Teams joins

Microsoft says a recent Edge update left some Windows users unable to join Teams meetings. (bleepingcomputer.com) The company tied the problem to the meeting-join path in Teams after an Edge browser update, and the issue hit people trying to enter scheduled meetings or join from meeting links on Windows. (bleepingcomputer.com) Microsoft tracked the incident in the Microsoft 365 admin center as TM1288497 and told affected users to try restarting the Teams client as a temporary workaround while it investigated. (bleepingcomputer.com) Teams on Windows depends on Microsoft web technology under the hood, including Edge components and WebView2, which means a browser-side regression can break actions inside the desktop app even when users never open Edge directly. (learn.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com) Microsoft’s Edge Stable Channel shipped version 147.0.3912.60 on April 10, 2026, followed by version 147.0.3912.72 on April 16, 2026, putting the Teams disruption inside a stretch of recent browser updates on managed Windows PCs. (learn.microsoft.com) The failure landed in the most basic part of Teams: getting into the meeting at all. Microsoft has spent the past year adding more meeting features and admin tools, but its own documentation still centers troubleshooting on whether users can load, sign in, and join reliably. (learn.microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com) This was also not the first recent case where an Edge-related change spilled into Teams. Microsoft disclosed another bug earlier in April 2026 that broke right-click paste in the Teams desktop client after an Edge update. (bleepingcomputer.com) For companies that route meetings, chats, and internal calls through Teams, the episode shows how tightly Microsoft’s browser and collaboration software are coupled on Windows — and how a small update in one layer can stop a meeting before it starts. (learn.microsoft.com, bleepingcomputer.com)