Teams isn’t just for work anymore. Now you can connect with your family and friends outside of the office, with new features in Microsoft Teams (free), available on mobile and desktop. Check if your device meets the system requirements.

Microsoft Teams (free) is available for your Android and iOS devices. 

New Intro to Teams screenshot

A. Profile picture – Access your profile settings, adjust your status message, and more. B. Home – This is your Communities tab and where you land when you start the app.  C. Create new community - Create a new community to bring people together. D. Search - Find communities, chats, messages, and more. E. Your communities - View a list of your communities. F. Explore communities - Browse through a list of communities to join.  G. Chat – View your one-on-one and group chats. H. Activity – Keep up to date with your notifications.

Get to know Microsoft Teams (free)

Microsoft Teams (free) is sometimes called Teams personal and works for you and your daily life to connect with friends and family in one app. Teams personal is an all-in-one communication hub, letting you plan, share, and chat whenever and wherever. Quickly find your friends, share files and photos, join conversations, create, and more in one helpful and secure place. 

  • Get more of your chatsStart a video chat, give your family member or friend a shopping list, schedule an appointment, find, and send just the right GIF, and get the most out of conversations with access to cloud storage.

  • Work efficiently togetherEffortlessly share documents, tackle a group project, or even do a family budget with Microsoft Office applications Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Securing your documents and conversations in the cloud and making them accessible across devices is an integral part of Teams.

Microsoft Teams (free) works for personal and daily life. You can foster meaningful relationships and connect with other people who share your interests with features such Communities.

Microsoft Teams (work or school) works for business and educational organizations. Microsoft Teams help & learning can help you find the essential Teams features. 

Create events and meetings with ease

Whether you want to plan for a special occasion or set up a recurring event for you or a group, it's a breeze to create a personal event.

You can seamlessly create instant or scheduled meetings with your contacts. Meetings in Teams include options such as audio, video, screen share, virtual space, and more. With so many ways to interact and engage, you can be sure your meetings are a success.

Learn more about Communities in Teams

With Communities in Teams, you can connect with people and groups in your life, enhance social connections, and find fellow enthusiasts who share similar interests. It's a place where you can collaborate, share, plan activities, and have meetings in a secure space.

Everyone has something they're enthusiastic about, and that's great! There are different groups on Communities in Teams, such as sports, volunteering, gaming, professional/learning, arts and culture, hobbies, lifestyle, animals, meme/fun stuff, anime, and support groups.

Learn how to create a community of your own or join an existing community.

Download the Microsoft Teams (free) app

Like what you see and want to learn more? Find out more about new features in Microsoft Teams (free) or you can download and install Teams and try it for yourself.

Download the free Teams app

Microsoft Teams (free) is available for desktop devices—Windows 11, Windows 10, Mac, and the web.

New Intro to Teams desktop screen

A. Search – Search for chats, communities, files, and people. B. Activity – Keep up to date with your notifications.  C. Communities – View a list of your communities or create a new one. D. Chat – See a list of your chats and groups. E. Calendar – Got a date or appointment? Learn more about your Calendar. F. Events - See any scheduled community events or create a new one with just one click. G. Invite members - Invite new members to your community. H. Get link to community – Copy the link to your community to your clipboard so you can easily share it with anyone. 

Get to know Microsoft Teams (free)

Microsoft Teams (free) is sometimes called Teams personal and works for you and your daily life to connect with friends and family in one app. Teams personal is an all-in-one communication hub, letting you plan, share, and chat whenever and wherever. Quickly find your friends, share files and photos, join conversations, create, and more in one helpful and secure place. 

  • Get more out of your chatsStart a video chat, schedule a meeting, find and send the perfect emoticon, and get the most out of conversations.

  • Work efficiently together. Effortlessly share documents, tackle a group project, or even do a family budget with Microsoft Office applications Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Securing your documents and conversations in the cloud and making them accessible across devices is an integral part of Teams.

Microsoft Teams (free) works for personal and daily life. You can foster meaningful relationships and connect with other people who share your interests with features such Communities.

Microsoft Teams (work or school) works for business and educational organizations. Microsoft Teams help & learning can help you find the essential Teams features. 

Create events and meetings with ease

Whether you want to plan for a special occasion or set up a recurring event, it's a breeze to create a personal event.

You can seamlessly create instant or scheduled meetings with your contacts. Meetings in Teams include options such as audio, video, screen share, virtual space, and more. With so many ways to interact and engage, you can be sure your meetings are a success.

Learn more about Communities in Teams

With Communities in Teams, you can connect with people and groups in your life, enhance social connections, and find fellow enthusiasts who share similar interests. It's a place where you can collaborate, share, plan activities, and have meetings in a secure space.

Everyone has something they're enthusiastic about, and that's great! There are different groups on Communities in Teams, such as sports, volunteering, gaming, professional/learning, arts and culture, hobbies, lifestyle, animals, meme/fun stuff, anime, and support groups.

Learn how to create a community of your own or join an existing community.

Download the Microsoft Teams (free) app

Like what you see and want to learn more? Find out more about new features in Microsoft Teams (free) or you can download and install Teams and try it for yourself. Then see how to do even more with Teams in Windows 11.

Download the free Teams app

Frequently asked questions

Microsoft Teams (free), sometimes called Teams personal, is the free version of Teams where you can enhance social connections and connect with friends, family, and others. There are many engaging features to use and participate in Teams.

To sign up for Microsoft Teams (free), all you need is a Microsoft account. When signing up for Teams, we verify your contact information, such as your email address and phone number. Download and install Teams and try it for yourself.

To learn more about questions related to your account, see Sign in, sign up, sign out and add a new account in Microsoft Teams (free).

Microsoft Teams (free) works for personal and daily life. You can foster meaningful relationships and connect with other people who share your interests with features such Communities.

Microsoft Teams (work or school) works for business and educational organizations. Microsoft Teams help & learning can help you find the essential Teams features. 

There are many exciting and fun features to use and explore on Teams. Here are a few to get you started.

Meet and Chat experience

Make video calls with ease or try the Meet experience for your virtual hangouts.

Get a new conversation started or try Chat.

Express yourself and share photos, videos, files, and more with others.

Events and meetings

Easily and quickly create an event for you or a group that you can turn into online meetings.

It's seamless to start or create an instant meeting or a scheduled meeting with your contacts.

Communities

With Communities in Teams, you can create communities based on your interests and connect with others who share your passion. 

Gaming

It's easy to invite friends or family for game play, where they can join on any device. Send invites to anyone during or before your live-stream game play with Play Together.

Join the Teams Insider Program to get a preview of the newest features and try them before they're released to the public.

Join the Teams Insider Program

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For more help, contact support or ask a question in the Microsoft Teams Community.

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