The current developer experience for building a Teams app vs building an Outlook Add-in is very different. Here are some of the changes that are included in the pre-release: Create, debug, and deploy an Outlook Add-in project We’re continuing to improve on this release based on your feedback. We recently announced a pre-release for the next major version of Teams Toolkit. Visit our “ Getting Started” tutorial for Teams Toolkit and SPFx-based Teams apps.Follow the installation instructions for Teams Toolkit version 4.2.4.To get started with Teams Toolkit and SharePoint Framework: SharePoint Framework v1.16.1 includes fixes to solution packaging and scaffolding issues, as well as other minor improvements. Now we are thrilled to announce that Teams Toolkit has been upgraded to support the latest version of SharePoint Framework version 1.16.1 in the scaffold template. This version offers support for Teams JavaScript SDK v2, so you can build experiences that run in Teams, Outlook, and the Microsoft 365 app. We introduced Teams Toolkit support for SharePoint Framework versions 1.16.0. Welcome to the March 2023 update for Teams Toolkit on Visual Studio Code! In this update, we will bring you what’s the latest with Microsoft Teams app development using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

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