- No Login Option For Microsoft Teams Mac App
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Teams is set to automatically open and run in the background as soon as you start your device. If you close the app, it keeps running in the background. You can change these settings anytime by clicking your profile picture at the top of the app, then selecting Settings General. Jan 30, 2020 Workaround: Leave Webex Teams open and the space names will display. Single sign-on may fail even if you've entered the correct username and password. Workaround: If your password contains a special character, some Android phones insert a space in your password during single sign-on. Type your password in another app such as in an email draft. Aug 30, 2018 If you landed on this page you are probablly working on packaging Microsoft Teams and have been banging your head against a desk trying to figure out how to disable it from loading at startup. Fortunately for you, I figured out a solution that works 100% of the time. Teams is an Office 365 application used for collaboration. Within the Teams application, you can share files using SharePoint, create Channels for conversations about specific topics, and customize your Team's tabs to include other Microsoft or third-party apps.
-->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
- From the Teams download page, under Mac, click Download.
- Double click the PKG file.
- Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation.
- 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:
- Exit the Teams app.
- Uninstall the Teams app.
- 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
- Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
- 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
- Download the package from https://aka.ms/getteams.
- 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.
In China, here's how to get Teams for Android.
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.
-->Introduction: In this blog post I will walk through how to enable guest access in Microsoft Teams, validate the guest was added to Azure Active Directory B2B, demonstrate how a guest user will access another organization's team and what the user experience is like.
Update 9/21/17: I have updated this blog post that adding the user guest account manually to Azure AD B2B is not required, as the account will automatically be added to the directory when you add the guest to Microsoft Teams.
Additional reading and support documentation:
- Expand your collaboration with guest access in Microsoft Teams (initial announcement)
- Guest access in Microsoft Teams (covers requirements, read first)
IMPORTANT: Guest access is dependent on Azure Active Directory and more importantly it uses Azure Active Directory B2B, I highly recommend developing a good understanding of this feature prior to proceeding as it will help you as you start to roll this out and manage it within your organization and even give you ideas on how to further secure this as you move forward (such as conditional access for contractors as an example). This capability is very powerful, and can open up new ideas for how you create additional solutions for your organization in the future. In addition, I recommend testing guest access first prior to implementing in the real world to fully understand the use case scenarios of guest access (when it makes sense, when it doesn't as this may not solve for the specific business challenge you are after), and what the guest user experience is like for a guest user of Microsoft Teams so that you are prepared to help end-users within your organization.
Before we begin, about my environment:
- I have two Office 365 tenants: m365x367101.onmicrosoft.com and m365x841591.onmicrosoft.com (I apologize in advance, both tenants are named Contoso )
- Both organizations are already using Office 365 and Microsoft Teams.
- Megan from the m365x367101 owns a team titled O365 Deployment Team. She needs to invite Ben from a local IT consulting company to the team that will be assisting them with their Office 365 deployment.
- Megan's company will first enable guest access in Microsoft Teams, add Ben as a guest to the O365 Deployment Team in Microsoft Teams, then will validate Ben was added as a guest to AzureAD B2B.
- Megan's IT Admin enabled sharing with external users already in the directory for SharePoint Online
- Megan's IT admin enabled Let group owners add people outside the organization to groups.
- The Sharing Option has been enabled for Megan's Office 365 tenant to allow adding of new guests.
First, enable guest access in your tenant:
First, you must enable your Office 365 Tenant to allow guests to access a Microsoft Teams team in your tenant. This is accomplished by navigating to the Microsoft Teams settings in the Office 365 admin portal. From within the admin portal navigate to Settings -> Services & add-ins -> Microsoft Teams. On the fly-out to the right, under the section Settings by user/license type click the drop-down menu and toggle from Business and Enterprise to Guest then click On next to Turn Microsoft Teams on or off for all users of this type. Then click Save:
IMPORTANT: If this step is not performed, when the user attempts to sign in as a guest they will be presented with the following error:
Add Ben as a guest to the O365 Deployment Team in Microsoft Teams:
Megan will need to now add Ben as a user to her team, O365 Deployment Team in Microsoft Teams. From within Microsoft Teams, click the ellipsis next to the team name and then select View Team
On the Members tab click the Add member button:
In the Add members to 'O365 Deployment Team' dialog box, type in Ben's email address, then click Add:
No Login Option For Microsoft Teams Mac App
Next, click Close:
Notice Ben has now been added as a guest to the team:
Optional: Validate the guest was successfully added to Azure Active Directory B2B:
Microsoft Office Options For Windows 10
Browse to https://aad.portal.azure.com . On the left pane, click Azure Active Directory. On the Azure Active Directory blade click Users and groups :
On the Manage blade click All users then click Ben's user account BenW:
Details of BenW's account, validating he was successfully added to Azure AD:
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Optional: Ben's guest account can also be seen in the Office 365 Admin Portal under Users -> Guest Users:
Login as Ben to Microsoft Teams:
Ben will receive a new email message indicating he has been invited to Contoso's O365 Deployment Team. Within the email click Open Microsoft Teams:
Before Microsoft Teams launches, you will be taken to the Azure AD sign-on page, read the agreement to provide your display name and email address to the other organization and click Next:
Microsoft Teams will launch, and you will be prompted with a wizard walking you through the basics of guest access. Feel free to explore the wizard, or close it:
Ben is now signed in as a guest to Contoso's team in Microsoft Teams and has access to resources in the team such as conversation history, files,etc. To validate this, click the profile photo in the lower left corner and notice Contoso (guest) is selected under Your accounts:
Note: To switch back to Ben's own organization's Microsoft Teams instance, click Contoso M365x841591 above Contoso (guest) – and visa-versa as seen in the screenshot below.
What can Ben do as a guest?
The following table depicts the functionality available to a guest user of a team. More information can be found here:
Capability in Teams | Teams user in the organization | Guest user |
Create a channelTeam owners control this setting. | ||
Participate in a private chat | ||
Participate in a channel conversation | ||
Post, delete, and edit messages | ||
Share a channel file | ||
Share a chat file | ||
Add apps (tabs, bots, or connectors) | ||
Create tenant-wide and teams/channels guest access policies | ||
Invite a user outside the Office 365 tenant's domain | ||
Create a team | ||
Discover and join a public team | ||
View organization chart |
Matt's Tip: I like to access Microsoft Teams in a web browser. For this reason I can have one tab open for my main Microsoft account (tenant) and another tab open for any tenant I am a guest of. This way I'm not switching back and fourth. This can also be accomplished using a combination of the desktop client and web clients.
Conclusion: Enabling guest access for Microsoft Teams is a simple and easy process. I hope you found this blog post valuable, if you do have feedback or input to make this post better please leave me a comment below. Enjoy!