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Microsoft Teams is now available on Linux

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Marissa Salazar
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Dec 10, 2019

Starting today, Microsoft Teams is available for Linux users in public preview, enabling high quality collaboration experiences for the open source community at work and in educational institutions. Users can download the native Linux packages in .deb and .rpm formats here. We are constantly improving based on community feedback, so please download and submit feedback based on your experience.


The Microsoft Teams client is the first Microsoft 365 app that is coming to Linux desktops, and will support all of Teams’ core capabilities. Teams is the hub for teamwork that brings together chat, video meetings, calling, and collaboration on Office 365 documents and business processes within a single, integrated experience.

 

 

Most of our customers have devices running on a variety of different platforms such as Windows 10, Linux and others. We are committed to supporting mixed environments across our cloud and productivity offerings, and with this announcement, we are pleased to extend the Teams experience to Linux users. It’s also an exciting opportunity for developers who have built apps for Teams to be able to grow their reach to this new set of users.


“2019 has been another incredible year in open source, and Linux continues to be at the heart of all the growth and innovation. I’m really excited about the availability of Microsoft Teams for Linux. With this announcement, Microsoft is bringing its hub for teamwork to Linux. I’m thrilled to see Microsoft’s recognition of how companies and educational institutions alike are using Linux to transform their work culture.”
- Jim, Zemlin, Executive Director at The Linux Foundation

 

 
We have been working with customers over the past few months to help them streamline their collaboration and business scenarios using the Teams client for Linux, and are excited to hear how they are using Teams in their organizations to empower teams to do more.

“At Volvo Cars, Linux is being used by many users in several departments. Up until now, our Linux users have largely been stuck on a collaboration island with different unofficial and unsupported clients for Skype for Business and more recently Microsoft Teams. With Teams for Linux from Microsoft, we have been able to leave that island and collaborate across our different platforms with the full functionality of a rich client. If I should point out one thing, being able to participate in screen sharing is a huge improvement for the Linux users at Volvo Cars.”
- Jimmy Beckman, Personal Products, Volvo Cars
 

 
If you currently don't have a commercial Office 365 subscription, you can still try Microsoft Teams for Free. You can find more information on technical requirements here. We are committed to delivering rich and engaging experiences that help our customers. We welcome your feedback and suggestions about the product experience on UserVoice.
Updated Nov 09, 2023
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  • David665's avatar
    David665
    Brass Contributor
    Oct 31, 2023

    Microsoft dropped th Linux client a while ago.

     

    Because Microsoft :heart_suit: Microsoft.

  • rudresh05's avatar
    rudresh05
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 14, 2023

    that's great but i want to office 365 apps on linux not only on web browser. 

  • emaildejan's avatar
    emaildejan
    Copper Contributor
    May 18, 2023

    I love the update to the Linux version of Teams, but is there a way to add the "Turn Microphone Off" option so that when someone is giving a presentation, that someone else who continues to leave on their microphone despite being told to turn it off can turn it off for them?

  • _Paul_Mansfield_'s avatar
    _Paul_Mansfield_
    Copper Contributor
    May 05, 2023

    New version of Edge came not long after writing message above, and now Edge doesn't crash on startup, and it works in Teams too and the microphone and video didn't cut out! However, when I am receiving video, the program spews an h264 error continously!

     

     

    [1001220:5:0505/094318.102747:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:5:0505/094318.102959:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:5:0505/094318.103075:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:5:0505/094318.103196:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.123181:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.123327:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.123393:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.123457:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.162980:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.163154:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.163244:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1001220:3:0505/094318.163299:ERROR:h264_bitstream_parser.cc(187)] Streams with pred_weight_table unsupported.
[1000023:1000023:0505/094318.609367:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Error in event handler: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'isVirtualInputSupported')
    at chrome-extension://ncbjelpjchkpbikbpkcchkhkblodoama/background.js:149:38", source: chrome-extension://ncbjelpjchkpbikbpkcchkhkblodoama/_generated_background_page.html (0)

     

     


    I also saw errors like this, the numbers changed occasionally.
    [OpenH264] this = 0x0x1ee81182a340, Warning:Actual input framerate 0.000000 is different from framerate in setting 29.000000, suggest to use other rate control modes

    if the people I was talking to turned off their cameras, the h264 errors immediately stopped.


    But some extensions simply don't work in it, like Ghostery, just an empty white frame.

    here's the mostly working version I am now on:

     

     

    # rpm -qi microsoft-edge-stable
Name        : microsoft-edge-stable
Version     : 112.0.1722.64
Release     : 1
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Fri 28 Apr 2023 11:50:40 BST
Group       : Applications/Internet
Size        : 505416877
License     : Multiple, see https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/
Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Thu 27 Apr 2023 07:47:34 BST, Key ID eb3e94adbe1229cf
Source RPM  : microsoft-edge-stable-112.0.1722.64-1.src.rpm
Build Date  : Thu 27 Apr 2023 02:35:21 BST
Build Host  : 75ab425ec000001.evpmrup5mwmuveh3ae3hofscyd.xx.internal.cloudapp.net
Relocations : /opt 
Packager    : Microsoft Edge for Linux Team <email address removed for privacy reasons>
Vendor      : Microsoft Corporation
URL         : https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/
Summary     : Microsoft Edge
Description :
The web browser from Microsoft

     

     

     

     

  • MichalLiptak's avatar
    MichalLiptak
    Copper Contributor
    May 05, 2023

    I was using the native app (deb) as well as web app in Chrome for two different accounts. All was working fine, but recently people started to complain about my mic quality in the meetings in Chrome; in the native app all is working fine.  Too bad the web app does not have an option to make a test call, so I cannot possibly do any adjustments.  I'm sticking to the old deb that I have for now, but not sure how long it will be working.

  • _Paul_Mansfield_'s avatar
    _Paul_Mansfield_
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 20, 2023

    Until some months ago when I upgraded Fedora to 37, I had been using the "native" teams app, but now it hangs when trying to sign in, I just get a white square where I would have expected to see an Okta login frame. I tried clearing all data, deinstalling/reinstalling etc, to no avail. I googled for a solution and came here. I'd had a lot of problems with audio and Teams anyway, so switched to using web browser version. And then audio broke in Edge too, so I switched to Google Chrome.


    That flatpak Andor_J_Kiss is really just using a web browser, you might as well use the web browser.

     

    Also, just now, to test it, if I run Edge it crashes, it started doing it because I just turned on M365 sync. So I have had to stick with using Google-Chrome-Stable. 😞

     

    $ microsoft-edge
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105746.463908:ERROR:chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(162)] Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled.
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105746.478612:ERROR:assistance_home_client.cc(32)] File path /home/pmansfield/.config/microsoft-edge/Default
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629699:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Bookmarks cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629713:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Preferences cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629718:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Passwords cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629721:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Autofill Profiles cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629725:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Autofill cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629728:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Autofill Custom Data cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629733:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Typed URLs cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629737:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Extensions cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629741:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Extension settings cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629744:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Send Tab To Self cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629750:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Web Apps cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629753:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Collection cryptographer error was encountered:
    [3069604:3069604:0420/105748.629757:ERROR:data_type_manager_impl.cc(77)] Edge E Drop cryptographer error was encountered:
    [0420/105749.038641:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
    [0420/105749.039065:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
    [0420/105749.039759:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
    [0420/105749.039982:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
    [0420/105749.040050:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found
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    Segmentation fault (core dumped)