Calls: Set options such as voicemail and call forwarding on this screen.

Collaborate with your friends and colleagues, even if they use Windows.

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The Microsoft Teams app combines text, voice, and video chat with other collaboration features such as calendars and file sharing.

You can sign up for it standalone, or use it as part of the larger Office 365 suite of applications.

As a Microsoft product, you may wonder whether you can use it on a Mac.

You can. Heres how to install and set up Microsoft Teams for Mac.

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First, go to Microsofts website and select the Download link from the main navigation.

Make sure youre using a Mac to download the installer, even if its not the machine youll be installing Teams on in the end.

The installer makes it very easy to get Teams up and running on your Mac.

Double-click the.PKG file will get automatically start the installation.

The first screen of the installer displays a simple introduction message.

The next screen lets you know how much disk space it will use, and asks for confirmation on where to install it.

MacBook Air with only one drive), it should offer to install on your main disk.

If you have more than one drive, you can click Change Install Location to choose your preferred destination.

Before anything is installed, youll be prompted for an administrator password.

The installer will start copying files at this point, and show you its progress.

Once the installation is complete, you can launch Teams from the Applications folder.

When you first launch Teams, youll be prompted to log in with a Microsoft account.

This may be a personal account, or one provided by your company (such as Office 365).

Once youre done, you can tune the app to your liking by clicking on the upper-right corner, then clicking Settings.

Privacy: Allowing surveys or contact from certain people even in Do Not Disturb mode.

Notifications: Enable or disable the notifications Teams shows you to taste.

Devices: Configure and test devices such as your speakers, microphone, and camera.

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