Does Microsoft Office Mac Support Teams
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-->This article describes some of the limits, specifications, and other requirements that apply to Teams.
Teams and channels
Feature | Maximum limit |
---|---|
Number of teams a user can create | Subject to a 250 object limit¹ |
Number of teams a user can be a member of | 1,000 |
Number of members in a team | 5,000 |
Number of owners per team | 100 |
Number of org-wide teams allowed in a tenant | 5 |
Number of members in an org-wide team | 5,000 |
Number of teams a global admin can create | 500,000 |
Number of teams an Office 365 tenant can have | 500,000² |
Number of channels per team | 200 (includes deleted channels)³ |
Number of Private channels per team | 30 |
Channel conversation post size | Approximately 28 KB per post4 |
¹ Any directory object in Azure Active Directory counts towards this limit. Global admins are exempt from this limit, as are apps calling Microsoft Graph using application permissions.
² This limit includes archived teams.
³ Deleted channels can be restored within 30 days. During these 30 days, a deleted channel continues to be counted towards the 200 channel per team limit. After 30 days, a deleted channel and its content are permanently deleted and the channel no longer counts towards the 200 channels per team limit.
4 28 KB is an approximate limit because it includes the message itself (text, image links, etc.), @-mentions, number of connectors, and reactions.
Messaging
Chat
Users who participate in conversations that are part of the chat list in Teams must have an Exchange Online (cloud-based) mailbox for an admin to search chat conversations. That's because conversations that are part of the chat list are stored in the cloud-based mailboxes of the chat participants. If a chat participant doesn't have an Exchange Online mailbox, the admin won't be able to search or place a hold on chat conversations. For example, in an Exchange hybrid deployment, users with on-premises mailboxes might be able to participate in conversations that are part of the chat list in Teams. However, in this case, content from these conversations isn't searchable and can't be placed on hold because the users don't have cloud-based mailboxes. (For more, see How Exchange and Microsoft Teams interact.)
Teams chat works on a Microsoft Exchange backend, so Exchange messaging limits apply to the chat function within Teams.
Feature | Maximum limit |
---|---|
Number of people in a private chat1 | 100 |
Number of file attachments2 | 10 |
Chat size | Approximately 28 KB per post3 |
1 If you have more than 20 people in a chat, the following chat features are turned off: Outlook automatic replies and Teams status messages; typing indicator; video and audio calling; sharing; read receipts.
2 If the number of attachments exceeds this limit, you'll see an error message.
3 28 KB is an approximate limit because it includes the message itself (text, image links, etc.), @-mentions, and reactions.
Emailing a channel
If users want to send an email to a channel in Teams, they use the channel email address. When an email is part of a channel, anyone can reply to it to start a conversation. Here are some of the applicable limits for sending email to a channel.
Feature | Maximum limit |
---|---|
Message size1 | 24 KB |
Number of file attachments2 | 20 |
Size of each file attachment | Less than 10 MB |
Number of inline images2 | 50 |
1 If the message exceeds this limit, a preview message is generated and the user is asked to download and view the original email from the link provided.
2 If the number of attachments or images exceeds this limit, you'll see an error message.
For more information, see Exchange Online limits.
Note
Message size, file attachments, and inline images limits are the same across all Office 365 licenses.
Channel names
Channel names can't contain the following characters or words.
Characters | ~ # % & * { } + / : < > ? ' ' . |
Characters in these ranges | 0 to 1F 80 to 9F |
Words | forms, CON, CONIN$, CONOUT$, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, desktop.ini, _vti_ |
Channel names also can't start with an underscore (_) or period (.), or end with a period (.).
Meetings and calls
Feature | Maximum limit |
---|---|
Number of people in a meeting | 250 |
Max PowerPoint File Size | 2GB |
Meeting expiration
Meeting type | Meeting expires after this much time | Each time you start or update a meeting, expiration extends by this much time |
---|---|---|
Meet now | Start time + 8 hours | N/A |
Regular with no end time | Start time + 60 days | 60 days |
Regular with end time | End time + 60 days | 60 days |
Recurring with no end time | Start time + 60 days | 60 days |
Recurring with end time | End time of last occurrence + 60 days | 60 days |
Teams live events
Feature | Maximum limit |
---|---|
Audience size | 10,000 attendees |
Duration of event | 4 hours |
Concurrent live events in an Office 365 tenant | 15 |
For more information about live events and a comparison of Teams live events to Skype Meeting Broadcast, go to Teams live events and Skype Meeting Broadcast.
Presence in Outlook
Teams presence in Outlook is supported on the Outlook 2013 desktop app and later. To learn more about presence in Teams, see User presence in Teams.
Storage
Each team in Microsoft Teams has a team site in SharePoint Online, and each channel in a team gets a folder within the default team site document library. Files shared within a conversation are automatically added to the document library, and permissions and file security options set in SharePoint are automatically reflected within Teams.
If you don't have SharePoint Online enabled in your tenant, Microsoft Teams users cannot always share files in teams. Users in private chat also cannot share files because OneDrive for Business (which is tied to the SharePoint license) is required for that functionality.
By storing the files in the SharePoint Online document library and OneDrive for Business, all compliance rules configured at the tenant level will be followed. (For more, see How SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business interact with Microsoft Teams.)
Because Teams runs on a SharePoint Online backend for file sharing, SharePoint limitations apply to the Files section within a Team. Here are the applicable storage limits for SharePoint Online.
Feature | Office 365 Business Essentials | Office 365 Business Premium | Office 365 Enterprise E1 | Office 365 Enterprise E3 | Office 365 Enterprise E5 | Office 365 Enterprise F1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Storage | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license purchased | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license purchased | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license purchased | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license purchased | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license purchased | 1 TB per organization |
Storage for Teams Files | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group | Up to 25 TB per site collection or group |
File upload limit (per file) | 15 GB | 15 GB | 15 GB | 15 GB | 15 GB | 15 GB |
Channels are backed by folders within the SharePoint Online site collection created for the team, so file tabs within Channels share the storage limits of the team they belong to.
For more information, see SharePoint Online limits.
Contacts
Teams uses these contacts:
- Contacts in your organization's Active Directory
- Contacts added to the user's Outlook default folder
Teams users can communicate with anyone in your organization's Active Directory and can add anyone in your organization's Active Directory as a contact and to their contact lists by going to Chat > Contacts or Calls > Contacts.
Teams users can also add a person who isn't in your organization's Active Directory as a contact by going to Calls > Contacts.
Browsers
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.
Operating systems
For information about operating system requirements, see Get clients for Microsoft Teams.
-->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
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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.
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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.
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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
Does Microsoft Office Mac Support Teams Free
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.