mesh retirement

The mesh retirement tag covers Microsoft's decision to retire the standalone Mesh platform as of December 1, 2025, and integrate its avatar-driven 3D meeting capabilities into Microsoft Teams as a new Immersive events feature. This move signals a consolidation of mixed-reality features into the core collaboration stack rather than maintaining a separate metaverse playbook. Discussions focus on the transition from a standalone Mesh service to Teams-based immersive events, highlighting Microsoft's strategic shift toward embedding 3D collaboration directly within its primary communication platform.