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Multiple Accounts in the Teams Desktop App
The iOS app for Teams allows me to be logged onto multiple accounts simultaneously, but not the desktop App.
Do we know when this will be coming?
Thanks,
Craig
Hi,
The latest public information is that Microsoft is testing this internally and with some customers. It is listed as "working on it" in the uservoice request. A comment also says that they are planning to release it "this fall", but that I doubt.
When will this feature be made available? I have multiple accounts that I regularly need to switch between. I looks like I'm not the only one that need this. Spend very much time on Microsoft Teams in these covid-19 times. The feature is long awaited.
Is there any light about the Multiple Accounts in the Mac Teams Desktop App?
Jurgen_Bosmans It does work, but not as one might think.
The only way to login with an additional Non-Personal account works as follows:
1. Close the Teams Desktop App
2. Find an E-Mail with a Teams notification for the desired account (I used "Foobar has sent a message") and click the "reply in Teams" link.
This will open the link in your browser (I used Safari) and prompts to open the Teams App.
3. Login with the corresponding Organisation-Account.
4. Done. Now the MacOS Teams Desktop app will let you switch between your organisation accounts.
It worked for me. I never used more than two organisation accounts but I don't see any reason for it not to work with more.
- I tried this, but Teams signed out my other work account, so this is not really a solution.
audunspello just recognized, now you can use another account... but only a private account. That does not really make sense. Why would I use a private account in addition?
Seems that Microsoft does not care or is not capable of accomplishing that task.
Lucky you, it's after February here but I still don't have access to more than one account. Not that accessing a private account is any bit useful as you mentioned... Guess I'll keep using my multiple private browsers or switch clients away from Teams to the multitude of other options with this functionality.
- For whatever reason, the option to add another private account sometimes vanishes in my client. Maybe restart it or if it is not up to date, try search for updates as ChristianBergstrom suggested.
- Hello, multi-org. accounts are coming soon. I appreciate the personal account addition even though I don't use it that often. If you are an end-user perhaps this is the best way to stay updated https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17750851-i-want-to-use-multiple-teams-accounts-at-the-same (vote on it to stay updated).
As far as I can see from feature id 68845 (https://www.microsoft.com/nb-no/microsoft-365/roadmap?searchterms=68845&rtc=1&filters=&searchterms=68845), the feature they are currently rolling out is "support within Teams desktop to be able to add one personal account, along with one work/school account". I have not received this roll-out yet, even though I'm member of developer preview group. So I'm still left with only being able to log in with one account.
Do you have information about when Microsoft is planning to roll out support for fast switching between multiple org/business accounts?
This is a long awaited feature, since it is not optimal to use Teams for video conferencing via the browser (I use Firefox). Video conferencing via the browser does not show video of all participants, only the host. To experiece a normal video conference, I have to log in and out of the Teams desktop app multiple times a day, with 2FA and everything, just to switch between my different org/business-accounts.
