Overview of Teams clients

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Microsoft Teams devices or clients can be split into two groups:

  • End user devices: mobile, desktop, and browser clients

  • Other teams devices: Microsoft Teams Rooms, Teams android phones, and more

To use any of these clients, the latest released client version needs to be installed and a licensed user needs to be signed in.

Microsoft Teams on desktop clients

The classic Teams desktop client is available as a standalone application and as part of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise for the following operating systems:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (8.1 or later, excluding Windows 10 LTSC)

  • Arm64 for Windows 10 on an ARM processor

  • Windows Server (2012 R2 or later)

  • macOS

  • Linux (in .deb and .rpm formats)

  • Chrome OS

The new Teams desktop client ensures more efficient use of device resources. You can lower memory and disk usage with a Teams app optimized for your device. Whether you have users on multiple accounts or tenants, the new Teams can help eliminate the silos and bring them together in one place, giving them more extensibility and scale. New Teams is available for:

  • Windows 10 & 11 (Windows 10.0.19041+)

  • Mac

  • VDI

  • Edu

  • Web

Microsoft Teams on mobile phones

Microsoft Teams on mobile devices brings a significant advantage of being reachable when you aren't near your desktop client. As already known on the desktop client, you can make peer-to-peer calls, chat with people, attend scheduled meetings and many more.

  • 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.

Microsoft Teams browser clients

To use Teams in your browser, navigate to Teams admin center and sign in. Due to usage of webRTC technology, it isn't necessary to download and install any plug-ins in your browser to run the Teams web client. Nevertheless, the browser must be enabled to allow third-party cookies.

Note

A detailed information about the supported versions on mobile phones, desktop clients and browser clients and how people in China can use Microsoft Teams is available at Get clients for Microsoft Teams