How To Use Microsoft Teams For Mac In this tutorial I will show you how to install  and download Microsoft Teams, invite members,   start a chat, start a call and  also do a group call. I will   show you also how to manage calls and  schedule meeting on Microsoft Teams. Let’s get started. How To Install and Create Account  on Microsoft Teams For Mac Microsoft Teams is a persistent chat-based  collaboration platform complete with document   sharing, online meetings, and many more extremely  useful features for business communications. • Microsoft Teams has many core  components that make it stand out from   other collaboration software: Teams and channels,   Conversations within channels and teams, A  chat function, Document storage in SharePoint,   Online video calling and screen sharing,  Online meetings, Audio conferencing. How do you install Microsoft teams on Macbook? First of all, go to your preferred  browser. I will use Safari. So open Safari. On the address bar write Microsoft  teams and click on search. The first site will be a site  from Microsoft. Click on it. On this new page, click on Sign up for free.   You can use Microsoft Teams for free,  and you can use it with any account. Enter an email you wish to  use for your Teams account Click on next. Here you can select for what you wish to use  Teams. I will choose for Work and click next.   Please note if you select for Friends and  Family, you will be redirected to Skype,   so use teams for work. Microsoft found that I already have an account  on their service. So I will need to write the   password. If you did not create a microsoft  account you will be asked to configure a   password and share some info about yourself like  country, birthday and also confirm your email. Click Next. Now Write your first name and last name. You can  also write a company name and select your country.  After this, click on Set Up Teams. Now you will have the possibility  to use the web app or get the Teams   app. I want to use also the Teams app on my  Macbook, so I will click Get the teams app. Click allow to start the download. Now Microsoft Teams is downloading. Please note that Microsoft Teams is in preview  mode in Safari.. so to use it on your browser,   you will need to use Google Chrome. Click on the downloads from the bottom. Now click on Teams file you downloaded. Click on Continue You need to specify how do you want to install  this software. I would leave the default version.   So click continue. Click install. It might ask your fingerprint ID or  password. Complete the requirements. Now Teams is installing. Until teams install   how you can see a logged on Google Chrome  on Teams site, and it looks really nice. Let get back to the installer. Write your email that you created the  Teams account. Then click Sign in. Write your email again here and click next.  Write the password and click next. Now the Teams app is loading. You have now created an  account on teams for Microsoft.   You can now start organizing  your company and work on Teams How To Invite Members on Microsoft Teams For Mac To invite a new member to the team, you  need to open the Teams app on your Macbook. Click on the Teams button from the right. On the bottom, you have a button  called Invite people. Click it. Here you will have the possibility to Copy a link  and send it to the person who you wish to invite,   invite your current contacts or Invite people  by email. You can use what method you prefer. We will use Invite by email. Click on this option. Write the email from your friends and the name. Now click Send invites. Now the invite has been sent. The persons need to accept  the invite. We can check this. Click on the three dots menu near  the team name. Click on manage team. Here you will see the owner,  and on members and guests,   you will see the person who  accepted your invitation. This is how you send an invite or use  the invite feature from Microsoft Teams. How To Start Chat on Microsoft Teams For Mac Chat is at the center of whatever you do in Teams.  From individual chats with just one other person   to group chats and conversations  in channels—chat has you covered. Sometimes you’ll want to talk  one-on-one with someone. Other times,   you’ll want to have a small group  chat. In Chat, you can do either. For you to start a chat click  on the Chat tab from the left. On these windows, we will  have our recent chats. Also,   we will have a filter option that we can use. Also, on the bottom, we have  an invite people option. To start a chat with somebody, click  on the new chat button from the top. On the right part, you can enter a name,  email, group, or tag to start a conversation. When I add a text, the system  automatically tries to find the persons.   After you found the person click it You have now started a chat with this person. Once in a chat, you’ll be able to  send messages that include files,   links, emojis, stickers, and GIFs—whatever  you need to get your point across! If you tap on the A button,  you can style your text. An interesting option on the chat is the  importance option. Here you can set up a   message to be standard, important, and urgent.  This option will make teams send notifications   frequently and will help you  a lot in stressful situations. I advise you to look at every option  and see what you can use for yourself. This is how you start a chat on Microsoft Teams. How to Create a Private Channel  on Microsoft Teams for Mac Private channels in Microsoft Teams create focused  spaces for collaboration within your teams. Only   the users on the team who are owners or members  of the private channel can access the channel. Anyone, including guests, can be added as a member   of a private channel as long as they  are already members of the team. You might want to use a private channel if  you want to limit collaboration to those who   have a need to know or if you want to facilitate  communication between a group of people assigned   to a specific project, without having  to create an additional team to manage.  For example, a private channel  is useful in these scenarios:  • A group of people in a team wants  a focused space to collaborate   without creating a separate team. • A subset of people in a team wants   a private channel to discuss sensitive  information, such as budgets, resourcing,   strategic positioning, etc. •  To create a private channel,  click on the teams tab. Here click on the three dots  menu near the name of the team. Click on Add channel. Write the name of the channel. Write a description of the channel. On privacy, you need to select option:   Private - only accesible to a specific  group of people within the team. Click next. On this new page, add the persons you  wish to have access to this channel. After this click on done. You see that on the new private  channel you have a lock on it. This   means the channel is not available for everyone. On a channel, you can write messages, send  attachment files, images, and even videos. Also, you can add different tabs  and collaborate on projects. How To Start Meeting on Microsoft Teams For Mac Meetings in Teams include  audio, video, and sharing. In Teams, there are two ways to  initiate real-time communication:  A user can call another user directly. A user can create a meeting (ad hoc or   scheduled). For calls, the media (audio, video,  or desktop or application sharing) travel as   directly as possible. If, for example, there’s  no firewall between two users (for example,   both sit inside the same network), media traffic  travels directly from one user to the other.   If a firewall blocks direct traffic between the  users, the traffic will be sent via a relay. To start a meeting on Microsoft Teams,  click on Meetings. Now click on Meet now. A meeting is now starting. You can here change the title of the meeting. If is the first time at Microsoft Teams  meeting, you might get a notice like this.   Tap ok to allow Microsoft  teams to access the camera. On this page, you can also start the  camera and microphone for the meeting. Also, you can blur the background. To start the meeting, click Join now. Now allow Microsoft Teams  to access the microphone. When you create a new meeting,  you will get this notice.   You can copy the meeting link and send it to  someone you want or invite people via email. From the start, you will be able  to invite persons to this meeting.   You can copy the meeting link or send an email. On the call, you will have a button to start/stop  the video. You can put here audio on mute. On the call, you can share  the screen with this button. On the three dots menu, you  can enter in full screen,   turn on the live caption, end the  meeting and turn off the incoming video. Also, the next button is raised hand. You can  show the organizer of the meeting you wish to   say something. The chat button will open the  conversation, and the participant button will   show you the current person in the meeting, and  you will be able to invite somebody to the call. This is how you start a  meeting on Microsoft Teams. How To Schedule Meeting on Microsoft Teams For Mac If you wish to schedule a  meeting on Microsoft teams,   you have to go to Meetings Tab from the left. Here you have the possibility to start a  meeting right away or schedule a meeting. Let's click on Schedule a meeting. Write the title of the meeting. Select the start date and  end date for the meeting. Click schedule. Here you can copy the meeting invitation  and send it by any messaging app or   email or share it via Google Calendar.  Let's send the invitation via a link. Now let's send the invitation with any messaging  app. I will use the team's Chat function. So I will click on chat.  Select any person you want.  On the input, I will paste the copy of the  invitation. You can do this by clicking   the input text and selecting from the menu  Paste or using keyboard shortcode Command-V. You have now sent an invitation to the meeting. Microsoft Teams offers many  impressive and valuable   video conferencing features. Users can  host full hd calls with up to 250 members,   which includes the ability to  share screens and record calls.   Users can also meet or collaborate on-the-go using  Microsoft Teams apps for smartphones and tablets.  Video calling is an essential tool in  the modern workplace since employees   are more frequently working remotely or from  various office locations. Using Microsoft Teams,   employees can quickly meet virtually, discuss,  brainstorm, and work on documents in real-time. You can start a Group Call from the chat Tab.  If you already have a group, just click it.   On the top right, you have two buttons: a  video call button and an audio call button. You can also start a group call with  persons that are not added to a group. Just click on the calls tab. Click on Make a call. You will need  to search the name of the persons who   you wish to start the call. Let's add two persons. On the bottom, we have audio, and video  calls buttons. Tap on one of them. A new call has started now. The system is pretty nice, and I love the design. From the start, you will be able  to invite persons to this meeting.   You can copy the meeting link or send an email. On the call, you will have a button to start/stop  the video. You can put here audio on mute. On the call, you can share  the screen with this button. On the three dots menu, you  can enter in full screen,   turn on live caption, end the meeting  and turn off the incoming video. Also, the next button is raised hand. You can  show the organizer of the meeting you wish to   say something. The chat button will open the  conversation, and the participant button will   show you the current person in the meeting, and  you will be able to invite somebody to the call. You have started a call now. You can try  to use these features to be used to it. If this was useful, please  like share and subscribe. You can watch more videos from the right. Also, if you have any questions, please  ask them in the comments area below.