If you currently use the Teams desktop app at work on either Windows or Mac, click your profile picture on the top-right corner and click Add personal account.

If you are new to Teams, download the Teams desktop app and sign in with a personal Microsoft account or create one to get started.

To start using personal features in Teams on your computer, follow these steps: We’re working on bringing all the other personal features available in the Teams mobile app to desktop and web soon. You can use the Teams desktop and web apps to chat with or call friends and family.

Upload and share photos and videos from your computer in any personal or group chat.

See up to 49 of your friends and loved ones in one frame in Gallery view or Together mode.

Share video meeting invitations with anyone, even if they don’t have Teams.

To help you stay connected in the coming months, you will be able to meet for 24 hours with up to 300 participants until further specified.

Talk all day for free with friends and family via video or audio calls.

Seamlessly sync your existing chats from your phone to your computer, and have conversations on the device of your choice.

Start a personal chat or create a group chat with up to 250 people.

Here is the full list of features you can try today, and more will be coming soon:

We’re excited to bring these personal features to Teams on Windows and Mac as well as on the web! You can now add your personal account to Teams on those platforms, and chat with or call friends and family.

From virtual book clubs to organizing a camping trip – Teams provides a space for your group to connect and organize.

We wanted to help you better manage your personal life too, so we released personal features to the Teams mobile app this summer to provide a productive chat, calling, and meeting experience for the groups in your life. We hear many of you use Microsoft Teams for work and have been relying on it to stay organized and productive during the current global pandemic. I’m elated to share with you a set of new personal features in Teams that will make it easier to plan your days, and connect with friends and family! Microsoft Teams Hi, Office Insiders, my name is Fionna Gan and I’m a Program Manager on Microsoft Teams.

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