"How To Install and Use Microsoft Teams on Linux - Complete Guide"
45In this video I cover how to install and use Microsoft Teams on any Linux distribution either through a browser or as a dedicated desktop application.
Method 1 – Web Browser.
The first method is self-explanatory, simply navigate to office.com and sign into your Microsoft account.
From here, click on the Teams icon on the task bar which will load up the web version of Teams which on Linux is identical to using it on Windows.
Method 2 – Desktop Application.
The second method is using a dedicated desktop application.
Originally, there was a Linux desktop version of Teams that was released by Microsoft back in 2019, however this has since been discontinued, and replaced by the web application.
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux#teams-for-linux
This is where the teams-for-linux Github project comes in, which is an unofficial Microsoft Teams client which effectively takes the web app and wraps it as a standalone application using Electron.
Step 1. Installation.
There several ways to install the teams-for-linux desktop application.
If you are using either Ubuntu or Fedora, there is an installation package that can be downloaded and run.
https://github.com/IsmaelMartinez/teams-for-linux/releases
And you can find the latest versions of these on the releases page of the project.
Alternatively, the application is also available using universal packaging methods such as Snap.
https://snapcraft.io/teams-for-linux
And Flatpak.
https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux
In either case, once installation has finished, launch as normal from your application launcher and then sign into your Microsoft account.
Step 2. Using Teams-For-Linux.
As you might expect, since the application is effectively the web version of Teams, then anything which that format supports is available here.
For example, all your current group or chats are located on the left-hand side, and if you have any pinned files, they will open in the respective web version of Microsoft application.
In addition, any files or folder hosted using SharePoint, will appear under the Files sub section.
Any calendar entries or meetings will be present as normal, and if you have a compatible camera, you can also join these meetings through the application.
In fact, the limitation I have found is that when you join a meeting, you cannot add a custom background, but aside from that, everything works as it should.
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