Microsoft Teams on your browser

This guide will provide information on:

  • Accessing Teams on your browser
  • Recommended browsers for Microsoft Teams

Accessing Teams on your browser

Using Microsoft Teams on your browser is the fastest way of accessing the application. 

Simply head to https://teams.microsoft.com/ and start collaborating.

Once you log in, you should Microsoft Teams working alive and well on your browser: 

 

 

Recommended browsers for Microsoft Teams

To use the Microsoft Teams (browser), Library and Learning Services recommends that you use:

  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Google Chrome

Full details on browser compatibility can be found here: 

BrowserCalling - audio, video, and sharingMeetings - audio, video, and sharing
Internet Explorer 11Fully supportedFully supported 
Microsoft Edge, RS2 or laterFully supported, except no outgoing sharingFully supported, except no outgoing sharing
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), the latest version plus two previous versionsFully supportedFully supported
Google Chrome, the latest version plus two previous versionsFully supported

Fully supported

Sharing is supported without any plug-ins or extensions on Chrome version 72 or later.

Firefox, the latest version plus two previous versionsNot supported

Meetings are supported only if the meeting includes PSTN coordinates. To attend a meeting on Firefox without PSTN coordinates, users must download the Teams desktop client.

Video: Not supported

Sharing: Incoming sharing only (no outgoing) 

Safari 11.1+Not supported

Meetings are supported only if the meeting includes PSTN coordinates. To attend a meeting on Safari without PSTN coordinates, users must download the Teams desktop client.

Video: Not supported

Sharing: Incoming sharing only (no outgoing)

Safari is enabled on versions higher than 11.1 in preview. While in preview, there are known issues with Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention.