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This article describes some of the limits, specifications, and other requirements that apply to Teams.
Teams and channels
Teams Meeting add-in in Outlook for Mac. The Teams Meeting button in Outlook for Mac will appear in the Outlook for Mac ribbon if Outlook is running production build 16.24.414.0 and later and is activated with a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 client subscription.
| 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 | 1,000² |
| Number of members in a team | 25,0006 |
| Number of owners per team | 100 |
| Number of org-wide teams allowed in a tenant | 5² |
| Number of members in an org-wide team | 10,000 |
| Number of teams a global admin can create | 500,000 |
| Number of teams a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization can have | 500,000³ |
| Number of channels per team | 200 (includes deleted channels)4 |
| Number of Private channels per team | 30 (includes deleted channels)4 |
| Number of members in a Private channel | 250 |
| Maximum size of distribution list, security group or Office 365 group that can be imported in to a team | 3,500 |
| Maximum number of members in an Office 365 group that can be converted to a team | 10,0006 |
| Channel conversation post size | Approximately 28 KB per post5 |
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 To further increase the number of teams, you must contact Microsoft support and request further increase to the number of Azure Active Directory objects in your tenant. Increase is only made for real-life production scenarios.
4 Deleted channels can be restored within 30 days. During these 30 days, a deleted channel continues to be counted towards the 200 channel or 30 private channel per team limit. After 30 days, a deleted channel and its content are permanently deleted and the channel no longer counts towards the per team limit.
5 28 KB is an approximate limit because it includes the message itself (text, image links, etc.), @-mentions, number of connectors, and reactions.
6 Teams in GCC can accommodate 25,000 members but teams in GCCH/DoD can only accommodate 2,500 members. Further note that teams/channel mentions are blocked in teams with over 10,000 members.
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 | 2502 |
| Number of people in a video or audio call from chat | 20 |
| Number of file attachments3 | 10 |
| Chat size | Approximately 28 KB per post4 |
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. The 'Set Delivery Options' button (!) is also removed when private group chats contain more than 20 members.
2 Only 200 members at a time can be added to a group chat. See this article for more information.
3 If the number of attachments exceeds this limit, you'll see an error message.
4 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 Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses. Emailing a channel is not available in Teams for Office GCC/GCCH/DOD organizations.
Channel names
Channel names can't contain the following characters or words:
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| 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
Important
Microsoft 365 live event limit increases
To continue supporting our customers' needs, through June 30, 2021, we will extend temporary limit increases for live events, including:
- Event support for up to 20,000 attendees
- 50 events can be hosted simultaneously across a tenant
- Event duration of 16 hours per broadcast
Additionally, Live Events with up to 100,000 attendees can be planned through the Microsoft 365 assistance program. The team will assess each request and work with you to determine options that may be available. Learn more.
| Feature | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
| Number of people in a meeting (can chat and call in) | 300. View-only allows for up to 10,000 listen-only participants to join a meeting in which the organizer has a license for E3/E5/A3/A5 SKU, as well as, Government (GCC, GCC High, DoD). Learn more about the View-only experience. |
| Number of people in a video or audio call from chat | 20 |
| Max PowerPoint File Size | 2GB |
| Teams keeps meeting recordings that don't get uploaded to Microsoft Stream, available for local download | 20 days |
Meeting expiration
Note
A meeting URL will never stop working. The expiry only relates to any PSTN dial-in numbers and/or underlying meeting policies and settings.
| 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 |
Note
Microsoft Teams meetings have a time limit of 24 hours.
Teams Live Events
| Feature | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
| Audience size | 10,000 attendees |
| Duration of event | 4 hours |
| Concurrent Live Events running in a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization 1 | 15 |
1 You can schedule as many Live Events as you want, but you can only run 15 at a time. As soon as the producer joins a live event, it's considered to be running. The producer who attempts to join the 16th live event gets an error.
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. See also Schedule a Teams live event.
Important
Microsoft 365 live event limit increases
To continue supporting our customers' needs, through June 30, 2021, we will extend temporary limit increases for live events, including:
- Event support for up to 20,000 attendees
- 50 events can be hosted simultaneously across a tenant
- Event duration of 16 hours per broadcast
Additionally, Live Events with up to 100,000 attendees can be planned through the Microsoft 365 assistance program. The team will assess each request and work with you to determine options that may be available. Learn more.
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.
Note
Each private channel has its own SharePoint site (previously called 'site collection').
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 | Microsoft 365 Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | 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 or group | Up to 25 TB per site or group | Up to 25 TB per site or group | Up to 25 TB per site or group | Up to 25 TB per site or group | Up to 25 TB per site or group |
| File upload limit (per file) | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB |
Channels are backed by folders within the SharePoint Online site (previously called '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.
Class teams
Microsoft Teams for Education provides templates designed for unique education scenarios, such as classroom teaching. More information about team types, including class teams, is available in Choose a team type to collaborate in Microsoft Teams.
A class team is a template type with additional apps included, and with limits separate to the number of team members.
Note
Using class teams requires an Office 365 Education license.
Limits for class teams are listed in the following table:
| Feature | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
| Number of members in a team | See the Teams and channels section of this article |
| Number of members to use Assignments in a class team | 200 |
| Number of members to use a OneNote Class Notebook in a class team | 200 |
A class team can support more than 200 members. However, if you plan to use either the Assignments app or Class Notebook app within your team, you will need to keep the number of members below the maximum limits above.
Tags
| Feature | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
| Number of tags per team | 100 |
| Number of suggested default tags per team | 25 |
| Number of team members assign to a tag | 100 |
| Number of tags assigned to a user per team | 25 |
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. This table applies to operating systems running on desktop computers.
| Browser | Calling - audio, video, and sharing | Meetings - audio, video, and sharing123 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 365 apps and services will not support Internet Explorer 11 starting August 17, 2021 (Microsoft Teams will not support Internet Explorer 11 earlier, starting November 30, 2020). Learn more. Please note that Internet Explorer 11 will remain a supported browser. Internet Explorer 11 is a component of the Windows operating system and follows the Lifecycle Policy for the product on which it is installed. |
| Microsoft Edge, RS2 or later | Fully supported, except no outgoing sharing4 | 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. |
| Safari 14+ | 1:1 calls not supported. Group calls fully supported. Video: Fully supported Sharing: Fully supported | Meetings: Fully supported Video: Fully supported Sharing: Fully supported |
| Safari 13.1+ | 1:1 calls not supported. Group calls supported with full audio support. Video: Incoming only Sharing: Fully supported | Meetings are supported with full audio support. Video: Incoming only Sharing: Fully supported |
| 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 versions before 13 | 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.
2 Blur my background isn't available when you run Teams in a browser. This feature is only available in the Teams desktop client.
3 Teams meetings on browsers are limited to a single incoming video feed of active speaker.
4 Edge RS2 or later doesn't support sending real-time audio and video traffic through HTTP proxies.
Note
As long as an operating system can run the supported browser, Teams is supported on desktop computers. For example, running Firefox on the Linux operating system is an option for using Teams.
For mobile operating systems, we recommend that you run the Teams app, available from the Android and iOS stores. Running Teams in a mobile operating system is supported, but many features are unavailable.
Operating systems
For information about operating system requirements, see Get clients for Microsoft Teams.
-->In the past, Microsoft Teams was a separate installation from Microsoft 365 Apps. But starting with Version 1902, Teams is included as part of new installations of Microsoft 365 Apps. If Teams is already installed on the device, no changes are made to that installation of Teams.
Teams is also being added to existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps on devices running Windows. For more information about when that occurs, see What about existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps?.
Note
To complete the installation of Teams on new or existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.
If Skype for Business is already installed on the device, Skype for Business won't be removed and will continue to function as before. Skype for Business will continue to be installed with new installations of Microsoft 365 Apps, unless you configure your installation to exclude it.
You don't have to wait if you're ready now to deploy Teams to the users in your organization. You can deploy Teams for your users by following these instructions or you can have your users install Teams for themselves from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.
We also have the steps you can take to exclude Teams from new or existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps if your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams.
Important
If you're in a GCC High or DoD environment, currently you need to exclude Teams from being installed with Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, you need to install Teams by using the separate MSI-based installer. For links to the correct version of the MSI-based installer for your environment, see Install Microsoft Teams using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. In the future, you'll be able to install Teams along with Microsoft 365 Apps in GCC High or DoD environments without needing to use the separate MSI-based installer.
If you're using Office for Mac, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.
If you're using shared computers or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), see Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams.
When will Microsoft Teams start being included with new installations of Microsoft 365 Apps?
The date when Teams starts being installed with new installations of Microsoft 365 Apps depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.
| Update channel | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current Channel | Version 1902 | March 4, 2019 |
| Monthly Enterprise Channel | Version 2003 | May 12, 2020 |
| Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) | Version 1902 | March 12, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | Version 1902 | July 9, 2019 |
Note
Office 365
Teams is also included with the following new installations:
- Microsoft 365 Apps for business, starting with Version 1901, which was released on January 31, 2019. Microsoft 365 Apps for business is the version of Office that is included with some Microsoft 365 business plans, such as Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
- Office for Mac, starting with Version 16.21, which was released on January 16, 2019. Office for Mac comes with any plan that includes Microsoft 365 Apps. For more information, see Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac.
How to exclude Microsoft Teams from new installations of Microsoft 365 Apps
If you don't want Teams included when you install Microsoft 365 Apps on devices running Windows, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be installed, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.
If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you can use the ExcludeApp element in your configuration.xml file, as shown in the following example.
Tip
Instead of using a text editor to create your configuration.xml, we recommend that you use the Office Customization Tool (OCT). The OCT provides a web-based interface for making your selections and creating your configuration.xml file to be used with the Office Deployment Tool. For more information, see Overview of the Office Customization Tool.
If you're deploying Microsoft 365 Apps by using the Office 365 Client Installation wizard in Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (current branch), you can set Teams to the Off position in the configuration UI.
If you're deploying Microsoft 365 Apps by using Microsoft Intune, there is a checkbox to exclude Teams on the Configure App Suite pane.
If you're letting your users install Microsoft 365 Apps for themselves from the Office 365 portal, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation, unless you use Group Policy.
To remove Teams after it's been installed, go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and uninstall Microsoft Teams and any instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. If you previously installed Teams separately from installing Microsoft 365 Apps, you might see multiple instances of Teams Machine-Wide Installer. You can also use PowerShell to remove Teams as shown in this script sample.
What about existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps?
Teams is also being added to existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps on devices running Windows as part of the normal update process. There is no change to existing installations of Mac.
Whether Teams gets added to an existing installation of Microsoft 365 Apps is determined by what version is installed, what version you're updating to, and some other factors. Version 1906 that was released in Current Channel in July is the first version that started including Teams as part of the update process. But not all devices updating to Version 1906 or later have received Teams as part of the update process because the rollout has been a gradual process over several months. So if you've updated a device to the latest version of Microsoft 365 Apps, but Teams hasn't been installed, that is probably expected and not necessarily an error. It's likely a future update will install Teams. If you want Teams on that device now, you can install it manually from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads.
Important
If you're updating your existing installation of Microsoft 365 Apps to Version 1908 (Build 11929.20300) or later, Teams will be added. To complete the installation of Teams after the update, either restart the device or have the user log off and log back on.
The date when Teams can start being added to existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps depends on which update channel you're using. The following table shows the schedule.
| Update channel | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current Channel | Version 1906 | July 9, 2019 |
| Monthly Enterprise Channel | Version 2003 | May 12, 2020 |
| Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) | Version 1908 | September 10, 2019 |
| Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel | Version 1908 | January 14, 2020 |
If you don't want Teams to be added to existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps when you update to a newer version, you can use Group Policy or the Office Deployment Tool. Or, as an alternative, you can let Teams be added, but use Group Policy to prevent Teams from automatically starting when the user signs in to the device.
If you want to use the Office Deployment Tool, you need to run the Office Deployment Tool in /configure mode on each device before you update to the new version of Microsoft 365 Apps. The following is a configuration.xml file you can use with the Office Deployment Tool to exclude Teams from being added to your existing installation of Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
Note
- Be sure you're using the most current version of the Office Deployment Tool available on the Microsoft Download Center.
- If your existing installation of Microsoft 365 Apps has excluded other apps, such as Access, you need to include a line in your configuration.xmi file for each of those excluded apps. Otherwise, those apps will be installed on the device.
- If you have Microsoft 365 Apps for business installed, use O365BusinessRetail for the Product ID in your configuration.xml file.
Also, in some situations, doing an Online Repair results in Teams being installed. For example, if Microsoft 365 Apps is configured to get updates from the Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) and the update channel or version you're using includes Teams as part of the installation.
Use Group Policy to control the installation of Microsoft Teams
If your organization isn't ready to deploy Teams and you use Group Policy, you can enable the Don't install Microsoft Teams with new installations or updates of Office policy setting. You can find this policy setting under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Office 2016 (Machine)Updates.
Note
- This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to Version 1905 or later of Microsoft 365 Apps.
- To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.
If you enable this policy setting, Teams won't be installed in the following scenarios for Version 1905 or later:
- New installations of Microsoft 365 Apps
- Updates to existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps
- Users installing Microsoft 365 Apps for themselves from the Office 365 portal
- An Online Repair of an existing installation of Microsoft 365 Apps
If you have Microsoft 365 Apps for business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the preventteamsinstall value to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0commonofficeupdate key in the registry. The type for preventteamsinstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams installed.
Use Group Policy to prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation
If you want Teams to be installed, but don't want Teams to start automatically for the user after it's installed, you can use Group Policy and enable the Prevent Microsoft Teams from starting automatically after installation policy setting. You can find this policy setting under User ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Teams.
By enabling this policy setting before Teams is installed, Teams won't start automatically when the user logs in to the device. Once a user signs in to Teams for the first time, Teams is configured to start automatically the next time the user logs into the device. The user can configure Teams to not start automatically by configuring user settings within Teams or by clearing the Open Teams on startup check box on the sign in screen for Teams.
Tip
If you've already installed Teams but you want to use this policy setting to prevent Teams from starting automatically, enable this policy setting and then run this script on a per-user basis to reset the autostart setting for Teams.
But even if you enable this policy setting so that Teams doesn't start automatically, an icon for Microsoft Teams will appear on the user's desktop.
Important
- This policy setting only applies if you are installing or updating to the following versions of Microsoft 365 Apps:
- Version 1906 or later of Current Channel
- Version 1902 (Build 11328.20368) or later of Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel or Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview)
- Version 2003 or later of Monthly Enterprise Channel
- To use this policy setting, download at least version 4882.1000 of the Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML), which were released on July 9, 2019.
If you have Microsoft 365 Apps for business or can't use Group Policy for some other reason, you can add the PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice16.0Teams key in the registry. The type for PreventFirstLaunchAfterInstall is REG_DWORD and the value should be set to 1 if you don't want Teams to automatically start after installation.
Shared computer and VDI environments with Microsoft Teams
If devices in your organization are shared by multiple users, be aware that Teams is installed separately for each user that signs into that device. Installations of Teams average about 500 mb, so hard disk space, as well network bandwidth for updates, might become an issue for these shared devices installed with Teams. In cases where shared devices are used by a significant number of users, you might want to consider not installing Teams on those shared devices.
If you plan to use Teams in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment, see Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure. Teams installed with Microsoft 365 Apps as described in this article is NOT currently supported in VDI environments.
Feature and quality updates for Microsoft Teams
After Teams is installed, it's automatically updated approximately every two weeks with new features and quality updates. This update process for Teams is different than the update process for the other Office apps, such as Word and Excel. For more information, see Teams update process.
Microsoft Teams installations on a Mac
If you're using Version 16.21, or later, of the Office suite install package to deploy on a Mac, Teams will be included as part of the installation.
If you don't want Teams included as part of the installation, there is an Office suite install package available that doesn't include Teams. You can also use the install packages for individual applications, such as Word or Excel. For links to the most current install packages, see Update history for Office for Mac.
If you're letting your users install Office for themselves on a Mac, such as from https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads, you can't exclude Teams from being included as part of the installation.
To uninstall Teams on a Mac, quit Teams by right-clicking the Teams app in the dock, then hold down Option and choose Force Quit. Open the Application Folder, select Microsoft Teams, and move it to the Trash.
What about Office 365 plans that don't include Microsoft Teams?
Some Office 365 plans include Microsoft 365 Apps, but don't include the Teams service. Even if a plan doesn't include the Teams service, Teams will still be installed with Microsoft 365 Apps, as described earlier in this article. To prevent Teams from being installed, follow the steps outlined earlier in this article.
For Office 365 plans that don't include the Teams service, a free trial version of Teams that's valid for 1 year is available. Your users can start using it when they sign in to Teams. For more information about this free trial version and providing your users access to it, see Manage the Microsoft Teams Commercial Cloud Trial offer.
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Additional information about installing Microsoft Teams
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- There is no change to new or existing installations of Office 2019, such as Office Professional Plus 2019.
- Teams is installed with Microsoft 365 Apps in the same way that Teams is installed if you use the MSI-based installer for Teams. For each new user that signs into the device, the Teams installer runs and the Teams application is installed in the user's AppData folder.
- The architecture (sometimes referred to as the bitness) of Teams and Microsoft 365 Apps installed on the device don't have to match. For example, you can install the 32-bit version of Teams on a device running the 64-bit versions of Microsoft 365 Apps. To change the architecture of Teams, for example from 32-bit to 64-bit, you need to uninstall the 32-bit version of Teams and then install the 64-bit version of Teams.
- For more information for IT Pros about Microsoft Teams, see Microsoft Teams documentation.