How to Install Microsoft Teams on a Mobile Device

Last Updated: January 10, 2022

Are you looking for how to install Microsoft Teams on your mobile device? Whether you’re installing the app on your mobile device because you don’t have an easily accessible computer (or none at all) or would like to install Teams on your mobile as a backup in case your computer won’t work, you can do it in a few easy steps! Just follow the steps on this wikiHow to learn how to install MS Teams on your mobile device.

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Downloading MS Teams from your Device’s Store

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Open your device’s store. If you’re on Android, this is Play Store
, and on iOS, it’s App Store
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Type in Microsoft Teams on the search bar and press “go”. MS Teams will likely show up right on top, but if not, scroll down a bit to find “Microsoft Teams”, published by Microsoft Corporation.

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Tap Install on Android, or
on iOS. This starts downloading and installing the app. You might need to accept some permissions before you can install it.
- Although this depends on your internet speed and some other factors, downloading and installing shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.

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Signing in to MS Teams

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Open Microsoft Teams. You might be able to open it directly from your store, or you might want to open it from your home screen or app list.
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Enter your details to sign in to Teams. Type in your email or phone number associated with the account you’d like to sign in with. After entering your email or phone number, tap Sign in to proceed.

Tip: If you’re installing Teams for school or work, make sure you sign in with your school/work account if you have one.
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Tap Sign up for free if you don’t have a Microsoft account already. You will then be asked to choose if you’re creating an MS Teams account for personal use or a business. Choose the appropriate notion and click on it. Then enter your details, create a password, and complete any other needed steps to create an account.
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Type in your password. Once you have entered your email/phone number, you will likely be asked for your password. Type it in and then tap Sign in. This will sign you in.
- If you have forgotten your password, you can click “Forgot my password” to recover it.
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Go through the type of welcome tour if it comes up. After entering your password, in some cases, you’ll reach a page where it takes you through a small tour about some of Teams’ features. Read what it says and tap Next to move on to the next. In the end, you may have to click Got it to proceed.
- Accept the privacy statement if it comes up. The privacy statement only comes up if you’re installing Microsoft Teams for school or work and your organization has given you access to optional cloud-backed services. Carefully read and understand what it says and click Got it to continue.
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Start using Microsoft Teams! After you’ve downloaded MS Teams and signed in, you may have been taken to your Teams feed. You can explore its features if you’d like, and start using the app right away. You can do pretty much everything that you’d do using the desktop app, including, depending on what you’re using Teams for:
- Creating a Microsoft team
- Schduling a meeting in MS Teams
- Joining a meeting in Teams
- Adding guests in Microsoft Teams
- Sharing files on Teams