Self-Help Article (External)
Intended Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students in the OSU and A&M systems.
Purpose
This article explains how to install the Teams desktop client for Windows or Mac.
Requirements
Step-by-Step Procedures
Windows desktop client
- Open your Browser.
- Go to the website https://teams.microsoft.com/
- Sign in to Microsoft using your OSU user account.
- Click the 3-dots next to your profile picture or initials (top-right) and select “Get the desktop app”.
- Click Download Microsoft Teams for Windows.
- The Teams installer (.exe) will download to your default Downloads folder.
- Double-click the downloaded file to start the installation.
- Follow the prompts; Teams will install in your user profile folder (no admin rights required).
- Once installation is complete, launch Microsoft Teams and sign in if prompted.
- Begin using Microsoft Teams.
Mac desktop client
- Open your Browser.
- Go to the website https://teams.microsoft.com/
- Sign in to Microsoft using your OSUuser account.
- Click the 3-dots next to your profile picture or initials (top-right) and select “Get the desktop app”.
- Click Download Microsoft Teams for Mac.
- The Teams installer (.pkg) will download to your Downloads folder.
- Double-click the downloaded file to start installation.
- Follow the prompts; Teams will install in your user’s Applications folder.
- Once installation is complete, launch Microsoft Teams and sign in if prompted.
- Begin using Microsoft Teams.