Note: This is generally available to all regions except countries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). The full release for those countries will be at a later date. Schools in the EMEA region can still use School Connection in Private Preview access by submitting this interest form.
As a parent, you can start using School Connection by clicking this link or visiting aka.ms/gotoschoolconnection. This link will automatically set up School Connection for you and you can directly proceed to the “Add a child” step.
Alternately, you can download the Teams mobile app on your iOS or Android device.
As next steps, sign in using the personal email address which you have shared with the school. For this app, a work-based email account (on file with the school) cannot be supported. If needed, you can easily create a personal Microsoft account for free on the Microsoft Teams mobile app or here.
Once the initial setup is done, you can proceed with the following steps to manually enable School Connection (this is not needed if you used the School Connection link for automatic setup).
When signed in to the Teams app, tap your profile icon (or initials) in the top-left corner.
Select Settings via the left panel on your Teams profile screen.
On your Teams Settings screen, tap School Connection.
On the School Connection screen, tap Enable.
When you open Teams, you will now find School Connections pinned for easy access.
Enter your child’s school email address to start seeing their details inside the School Connection app. You can also add multiple children.
That’s it. Now you’re ready use the features available in the School Connections app.
