Download Microsoft Teams for Macs
The Microsoft Teams app combines text, voice, and video chat with other collaboration features. You can sign up for it standalone, or use it as part of the larger Office 365 suite of applications. Here’s how to download, install and set up Microsoft Teams for Mac. Microsoft provides an installer for Teams in the .PKG format, which walks you through the install via a wizard.
Installing Microsoft Teams on macOS
The installer makes it very easy to get Teams up and running on your Mac. Double-click the .PKG file will get automatically start the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can launch Teams from the Applications folder.
How to Set up Microsoft Teams on macOS
When you first launch Teams, you’ll be prompted to log in with a Microsoft account. This may be a personal account, or one provided by your company (such as Office 365). Once you’re done, you can tune the app to your liking by clicking on the upper-right corner, then clicking Settings. This will bring up a dialog where you can adjust the following:
General: High-level options like theme, start-up behavior, and language.Privacy: Allowing surveys or contact from certain people even in Do Not Disturb mode.Notifications: Enable or disable the notifications Teams shows you to taste.Devices: Configure and test devices such as your speakers, microphone, and camera.Calls: Set options such as voicemail and call forwarding on this screen.
