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Feb 27, 2020 The Microsoft Teams desktop client is a standalone application and is also available in Office 365 ProPlus.Teams is available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (8.1 or later) and Windows Server (2012 R2 or later), as well as for macOS (10.10 or later) and Linux (in.deb and.rpm formats). Remote control Windows, Mac, and Linux computers with TeamViewer: Remote Control within seconds. Provide spontaneous support for friends and family, or access applications on your home computer while on the go. The TeamViewer app allows you to accomplish all of this as if you were sitting right in front of the remote computer. Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac. If you're using Version 16.21, or later, of the Office suite install package to deploy on a Mac, Teams will be included as part of the installation. If you don't want Teams included as part of the installation, there is an Office suite install package available that doesn't include Teams.

Microsoft Teams has clients available for desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux), web, and mobile (Android and iOS). These clients all require an active internet connection and do not support an offline mode.

Note

Effective November 29, 2018, you'll no longer be able to use the Microsoft Teams for Windows 10 S (Preview) app, available from the Microsoft Store. Instead, you can now download and install the Teams desktop client on devices running Windows 10 S mode. To download the desktop client, go to https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads. MSI builds of the Teams desktop client are not yet available for devices running Windows 10 S mode.

For more information about Windows 10 S mode, see Introducing Windows 10 in S mode.

Desktop client

Tip

Watch the following session to learn about the benefits of the Windows Desktop Client, how to plan for it, and how to deploy it: Teams Windows Desktop Client

The Microsoft Teams desktop client is a standalone application and is also available in Office 365 ProPlus. Teams is available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (8.1 or later) and Windows Server (2012 R2 or later), as well as for macOS (10.10 or later) and Linux (in .deb and .rpm formats). On Windows, Teams requires .NET Framework 4.5 or later; the Teams installer will offer to install it for you if you don't have it. On Linux, package managers such as apt and yum will try to install any requirements for you. However, if they don't then you will need to install any reported requirements before installing Teams on Linux.

The desktop clients provide real-time communications support (audio, video, and content sharing) for team meetings, group calling, and private one-on-one calls.

Desktop clients can be downloaded and installed by end users directly from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads if they have the appropriate local permissions (admin rights are not required to install the Teams client on a PC but are required on a Mac).

IT admins can choose their preferred method to distribute the installation files to computers in their organization. Some examples include Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (Windows) or Jamf Pro (macOS). To get the MSI package for Windows distribution, see Install Microsoft Teams using MSI.

Note

Distribution of the client via these mechanisms is only for the initial installation of Microsoft Team clients and not for future updates.

Windows

The Microsoft Teams installation for Windows provides downloadable installers in 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.

Note

The architecture (32-bit vs. 64-bit) of Microsoft Teams is agnostic to the architecture of Windows and Office that is installed.

The Windows client is deployed to the AppData folder located in the user’s profile. Deploying to the user’s local profile allows the client to be installed without requiring elevated rights. The Windows client leverages the following locations:

• %LocalAppData%MicrosoftTeams

• %LocalAppData%MicrosoftTeamsMeetingAddin

• %AppData%MicrosoftTeams

• %LocalAppData%SquirrelTemp

When users initiate a call using the Microsoft Teams client for the first time, they might notice a warning with the Windows firewall settings that asks for users to allow communication. Users might be instructed to ignore this message because the call will work, even when the warning is dismissed.

Note

Windows Firewall configuration will be altered even when the prompt is dismissed by selecting “Cancel”. Two inbound rules for teams.exe will be created with Block action for both TCP and UDP protocols.

Mac

Mac users can install Teams by using a PKG installation file for macOS computers. Administrative access is required to install the Mac client. The macOS client is installed to the /Applications folder.

Install Teams by using the PKG file

1. From the Teams download page, under Mac, click Download.
2. Double click the PKG file.
3. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
4. Teams will be installed to /Applications folder. It is a machine-wide installation.

Note

During the installation, the PKG will prompt for admin credentials. The user needs to enter the admin credentials, regardless of whether or not the user is an admin.

If a user currently has a DMG installation of Teams and wants to replace it with the PKG installation, the user should:

1. Exit the Teams app.
2. Uninstall the Teams app.
3. Install the PKG file.

IT admins can use managed deployment of Teams to distribute the installation files to all Macs in their organization, such as Jamf Pro.

Note

If you experience issues installing the PKG, let us know. In the Feedback section at the end of this article, click Product feedback.

Linux

Users will be able to install native Linux packages in .deb and .rpm formats.Installing the DEB or RPM package will automatically install the package repository

• DEB https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
• RPM https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/ms-teams

The signing key to enable auto-updating using the system's package manager is installed automatically. However, it can also be found at: (https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc). Microsoft Teams ships monthly and if the repository was installed correctly, then your system package manager should handle auto-updating in the same way as other packages on the system.

Note

If you find a bug, submit it using Report a Problem from within the client. For known issues, see Known Issues.For Teams for Linux support you can use the Linux forum support channel on Microsoft Q&A. Be sure to use the teams-linux tag when posting questions.

Install Teams using DEB package

1. Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
2. Install using one of the following:
   • Open the relevant package management tool and go through the self-guided Linux app installation process.
   • Or if you love Terminal, type: sudo apt install **teams download file**

You can launch Teams via Activities or via Terminal by typing Teams.

Install Teams using RPM package

1. Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
2. Install using one of the following:
   • Open the relevant package management tool and go through the self-guided Linux app installation process.
   • Or if you love Terminal, type: sudo yum install **teams download file**

You can launch Teams via Activities or via Terminal by typing Teams.

Install manually from the command line

Install manually on Debian and Ubuntu distributions:

Install manually on RHEL, Fedora and CentOS based distributions:

Alternatively, to use yum instead of dnf:

Install manually on openSUSE based distributions:

Web client

The web client (https://teams.microsoft.com) is a full, functional client that can be used from a variety of browsers. The web client supports Calling and Meetings by using webRTC, so there is no plug-in or download required to run Teams in a web browser. The browser must be configured to allow third-party cookies.

Teams fully supports the following Internet browsers, with noted exceptions for calling and meetings.

Browser	Calling - audio, video, and sharing	Meetings - audio, video, and sharing12
Internet Explorer 11	Not supported	Meetings are supported only if the meeting includes PSTN coordinates. To attend a meeting on IE11 without PSTN coordinates, users must download the Teams desktop client. Video: Not supported Sharing: Incoming sharing only (no outgoing)
Microsoft Edge, RS2 or later	Fully supported, except no outgoing sharing	Fully supported, except no outgoing sharing
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), the latest version plus two previous versions	Fully supported	Fully supported
Google Chrome, the latest version plus two previous versions	Fully supported	Fully supported Sharing is supported without any plug-ins or extensions on Chrome version 72 or later.
Firefox, the latest version plus two previous versions	Not supported	Meetings are supported only if the meeting includes PSTN coordinates. To attend a meeting on Firefox without PSTN coordinates, users must download the Teams desktop client. Video: Not supported Sharing: Incoming sharing only (no outgoing)
Safari 11.1+	Not supported	Meetings are supported only if the meeting includes PSTN coordinates. To attend a meeting on Safari without PSTN coordinates, users must download the Teams desktop client. Video: Not supported Sharing: Incoming sharing only (no outgoing) Safari is enabled on versions higher than 11.1 in preview. While in preview, there are known issues with Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention.

¹ To give and take control of shared content during sharing, both parties must be using the Teams desktop client. Control isn't supported when either party is running Teams in a browser. This is due to a technical limitation that we're planning to fix. To learn more, read Allow a participant to give or request control.

² Blur my background isn't available when you run Teams in a browser. This feature is only available in the Teams desktop client.

Note

As long as an operating system can run the supported browser, Teams is supported. For example, running Firefox on the Linux operating system is an option for using Teams.

The web client performs browser version detection upon connecting to https://teams.microsoft.com. If an unsupported browser version is detected, it will block access to the web interface and recommend that the user download the desktop client or mobile app.

Mobile clients

The Microsoft Teams mobile apps are available for Android and iOS, and are geared for on-the-go users participating in chat-based conversations and allow peer-to-peer audio calls. For mobile apps, go to the relevant mobile stores Google Play and the Apple App Store. The Windows Phone App was retired July 20, 2018 and may no longer work.

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Supported mobile platforms for Microsoft Teams mobile apps are the following:

• Android: Support is limited to the last four major versions of Android. When a new major version of Android is released, the new version and the previous three versions are officially supported.

• iOS: Support is limited to the two most recent major versions of iOS. When a new major version of iOS is released, the new version of iOS and the previous version are officially supported.

Note

The mobile version must be available to the public in order for Teams to work as expected.

Mobile apps are distributed and updated through the respective mobile platform’s app store only. Distribution of the mobile apps via MDM or side-loading is not supported by Microsoft. Once the mobile app has been installed on a supported mobile platform, the Teams Mobile App itself will be supported provided the version is within three months of the current release.

Decision Point	Are there any restrictions preventing users from installing the appropriate Microsoft Teams client on their devices?
Next Steps	If your organization restricts software installation, make sure that process is compatible with Microsoft Teams. Note: Admin rights are not required for PC client installation but are required for installation on a Mac.

Client update management

Clients are currently updated automatically by the Microsoft Teams service with no IT administrator intervention required. If an update is available, the client will automatically download the update and when the app has idled for a period of time, the update process will begin.

Client-side configurations

Currently, there are no supported options available to configure the client either through the tenant admin, PowerShell, Group Policy Objects or the registry.

Notification settings

There are currently no options available for IT administrators to configure client-side notification settings. All notification options are set by the user. The figure below outlines the default client settings.

Sample PowerShell Script

This sample script, which needs to run on client computers in the context of an elevated administrator account, will create a new inbound firewall rule for each user folder found in c:users. When Teams finds this rule, it will prevent the Teams application from prompting users to create firewall rules when the users make their first call from Teams.

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Important

Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. To learn more about this name change, read this blog post.

For details of when this change takes effect, and what actions admins might need to take, read this article.

In the past, Microsoft Teams was a separate installation from Office 365 ProPlus. But starting with Version 1902, Teams is included as part of new installations of Office 365 ProPlus. If Teams is already installed on the device, no changes are made to that installation of Teams.

Teams is also being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows. For more information about when that occurs, see What about existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus?.

Note

To complete the installation of Teams on new or existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.

If Skype for Business is already installed on the device, Skype for Business won't be removed and will continue to function as before. Skype for Business will continue to be installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus, unless you configure your installation to exclude it.

You don't have to wait if you're ready now to deploy Teams to the users in your organization. You can deploy Teams for your users by following these instructions or you can have your users install Teams for themselves from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.

We also have the steps you can take to exclude Teams from new or existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus if your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams.

Important

If you're in a GCC High or DoD environment, currently you need to exclude Teams from being installed with Office 365 ProPlus. Instead, you need to install Teams by using the separate MSI-based installer. For links to the correct version of the MSI-based installer for your environment, see Install Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. In the future, you'll be able to install Teams along with Office 365 ProPlus in GCC High or DoD environments without needing to use the separate MSI-based installer.

If you're using Office for Mac, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.

If you're using shared computers or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), see Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams.

When will Microsoft Teams start being included with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus?

The date when Teams starts being installed with new installations of Office 365 ProPlus depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.

Update channel	Version	Date
Monthly Channel	Version 1902	March 4, 2019
Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)	Version 1902	March 12, 2019
Semi-Annual Channel	Version 1902	July 9, 2019

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Mac replace text in multiple files at once microsoft office. Teams is also included with the following new installations:

• Office 365 Business, starting with Version 1901, which was released on January 31, 2019. Office 365 Business is the version of Office that is included with certain business plans, such as the Microsoft 365 Business plan and the Office 365 Business Premium plan.
• Office for Mac, starting with Version 16.21, which was released on January 16, 2019. Office for Mac comes with any plan that includes Office 365 Business or Office 365 ProPlus. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.

How to exclude Microsoft Teams from new installations of Office 365 ProPlus

If you don't want Teams included when you install Office 365 ProPlus on devices running Windows, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be installed, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.

If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you can use the ExcludeApp element in your configuration.xml file, as shown in the following example.

Tip

Instead of using a text editor to create your configuration.xml, we recommend that you use the Office Customization Tool (OCT). The OCT provides a web-based interface for making your selections and creating your configuration.xml file to be used with the Office Deployment Tool. For more information, see Overview of the Office Customization Tool.

If you're deploying Office 365 ProPlus by using the Office 365 Client Installation wizard in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch), you can set Teams to the Off position in the configuration UI.

If you're deploying Office 365 ProPlus by using Microsoft Intune, there is a checkbox to exclude Teams on the Configure App Suite pane.

If you're letting your users install Office 365 ProPlus for themselves from the Office 365 portal, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation, unless you use Group Policy.

To remove Teams after it's been installed, go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and uninstall Microsoft Teams and any instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. If you previously installed Teams separately from installing Office 365 ProPlus, you might see multiple instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. You can also use PowerShell to remove Teams as shown in this script sample.

The guidance above in this section also applies to Office 365 Business.

What about existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus?

Teams is also being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus (and Office 365 Business) on devices running Windows as part of the normal update process. There is no change to existing installations of Mac.

Whether Teams gets added to an existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus is determined by what version is installed, what version you're updating to, and some other factors. Version 1906 that was released in Monthly Channel in July is the first version that started including Teams as part of the update process. But not all devices updating to Version 1906 or later have received Teams as part of the update process because the rollout has been a gradual process over several months. So if you've updated a device to the latest version of Office 365 ProPlus, but Teams hasn't been installed, that is probably expected and not necessarily an error. It's likely a future update will install Teams. If you want Teams on that device now, you can install it manually from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.

Important

If you're updating your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus to Version 1908 (Build 11929.20300) or later, Teams will be added. To complete the installation of Teams after the update, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.

The date when Teams can start being added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.

Update channel	Version	Date
Monthly Channel	Version 1906	July 9, 2019
Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)	Version 1908	September 10, 2019
Semi-Annual Channel	Version 1908	January 14, 2020

If you don't want Teams to be added to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus when you update to a newer version, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be added, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.

If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you need to run the Office Deployment Tool in /configure mode on each device before you update to the new version of Office 365 ProPlus. The following is a configuration.xml file you can use with the Office Deployment Tool to exclude Teams from being added to your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus.

Note

• Be sure you're using the most current version of the Office Deployment Tool available on the Microsoft Download Center.
• If your existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus has excluded other apps, such as Access, you need to include a line in your configuration.xmi file for each of those excluded apps. Otherwise, those apps will be installed on the device.
• If you have Office 365 Business installed, use O365BusinessRetail for the Product ID in your configuration.xml file.

Also, in some situations, doing an Online Repair results in Teams being installed. For example, if Office is configured to get updates from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) and the update channel or version you're using includes Teams as part of the installation.

Use Group Policy to control the installation of Microsoft Teams

If your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams and you use Group Policy, you can enable the Don't install Microsoft Teams with new installations or updates of Office policy setting. You can find this policy setting under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Office 2016 (Machine)Updates.

Note

• This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to Version 1905 or later of Office 365 ProPlus (or Office 365 Business).
• To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.

If you enable this policy setting, Teams won't be installed in the following scenarios for Version 1905 or later:

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• New installations of Office 365 ProPlus
• Updates to existing installations of Office 365 ProPlus
• Users installing Office 365 ProPlus for themselves from the Office 365 portal
• An Online Repair of an existing installation of Office 365 ProPlus

If you have Office 365 Business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the preventteamsinstall value to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0commonofficeupdate key in the registry. The type for preventteamsinstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams installed.

Use Group Policy to prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation

If you want Teams to be installed, but don't want Teams to start automatically for the user after it's installed, you can use Group Policy and enable the Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation policy setting. You can find this policy setting under User ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Teams.

By enabling this policy setting before Teams is installed, Teams won't start automatically when the user logs in to the device. Once a user signs in to Teams for the first time, Teams is configured to start automatically the next time the user logs into the device. The user can configure Teams to not start automatically by configuring user settings within Teams or by clearing the Open Teams on startup check box on the sign in screen for Teams.

Tip

If you've already installed Teams but you want to use this policy setting to prevent Teams from starting automatically, enable this policy setting and then run this script on a per-user basis to reset the autostart setting for Teams.

But even if you enable this policy setting so that Teams doesn't start automatically, an icon for Microsoft Teams will appear on the user's desktop.

Important

• This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to the following versions of Office 365 ProPlus (or Office 365 Business):
  • Version 1906 or later of Monthly Channel
  • Version 1902 (Build 11328.20368) or later of Semi-Annual Channel or Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)
• To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.

If you have Office 365 Business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0Teams key in the registry. The type for PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams to automatically start after installation.

Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams

If devices in your organization are shared by multiple users, be aware that Teams is installed separately for each user that signs into that device. Installations of Teams average about 500 mb, so hard disk space, as well network bandwidth for updates, might become an issue for these shared devices installed with Teams. In cases where shared devices are used by a significant number of users, you might want to consider not installing Teams on those shared devices.

If you plan to use Teams in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment, see Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure. Teams installed with Office 365 ProPlus as described in this article is NOT currently supported in VDI environments.

Feature and quality updates for Microsoft Teams

After Teams is installed, it's automatically updated approximately every two weeks with new features and quality updates. This update process for Teams is different than the update process for the other Offices apps, such as Word and Excel. For more information, see Teams update process.

Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac

If you're using Version 16.21, or later, of the Office suite install package to deploy on a Mac, Teams will be included as part of the installation.

If you don't want Teams included as part of the installation, there is an Office suite install package available that doesn't include Teams. You can also use the install packages for individual applications, such as Word or Excel. For links to the most current install packages, see Update history for Office for Mac.

If you're letting your users install Office for themselves on a Mac, such as from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation.

To uninstall Teams on a Mac, quit Teams by right-clicking the Teams app in the dock, then hold down Option and choose Force Quit. Open the Application Folder, select Microsoft Teams, and move it to the Trash.

What about Office 365 plans that don't include Microsoft Teams?

Some Office 365 plans include Office, but don't include the Teams service. For example, the Office 365 Business plan. Even if an Office 365 plan doesn't include the Teams service, Teams will still be installed with Office, as described earlier in this article. To prevent Teams from being installed, follow the steps outlined earlier in this article.

For Office 365 plans that don't include the Teams service, a free trial version of Teams that's valid for 1 year is available. Your users can start using it when they sign in to Teams. For more information about this free trial version and providing your users access to it, see Manage the Microsoft Teams Commercial Cloud Trial offer.

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Additional information about installing Microsoft Teams

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• There is no change to new or existing installations of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019.
• Teams is installed with Office 365 ProPlus in the same way that Teams is installed if you use the MSI-based installer for Teams. For each new user that signs into the device, the Teams installer runs and the Teams application is installed in the user's AppData folder.
• The architecture (sometimes referred to as the bitness) of Teams and Office 365 ProPlus installed on the device don't have to match. For example, you can install the 32-bit version of Teams on a device running the 64-bit versions of Office 365 ProPlus. To change the architecture of Teams, for example from 32-bit to 64-bit, you need to uninstall the 32-bit version of Teams and then install the 64-bit version of Teams.
• For more information for IT Pros about Microsoft Teams, see Microsoft Teams documentation.