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benjamin10
Asked: 2021-02-23 08:41:25 +0800 CST

Microsoft Teams – I know it is odd ;)

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I know it is odd to ask a question with regard a very,very cool Microsoft App ;) Anyway, let us be serious. Problem is, that these days many schools, offices and companies are working with teams and I had many occassions the last year, where I was forced to use MS Teams.

So the question is: Is there a way to install and use Teams within Ubuntu/Linux, with a RECENT version of teams. I am working currently with the newest download from MS (deb file) but the version is
1.3.00.30857 (64-Bit) where as far as I know 1.4 is out, with many new features (Grid-View, Breakout-Rooms, 3x3 up to 7x7 Grid View and so on).

So, does anyone have experience with a different setup?

Besides: I looked at winehq, but the emulated Teams App is rated as "Garbage". Anyone experience with regard to this?

Thanks!

Kubuntu 20.04 LTS KDE Plasma 5.18.

kubuntu

2 Answers

    • Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list to enable Microsoft Teams repository:
    deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams/ stable main

    Remember to change [arch=amd64] to your CPU architecture if you're not using AMD64.

    • Run sudo apt update
    • Run sudo apt install teams

    Regarding your note

    as far as I know 1.4 is out, with many new features

    I can see two different packages: teams (v 1.3) and teams-insiders (v 1.4). Is it possible that this is what you meant?

    $ apt search teams

# ...

teams/stable 1.3.00.30857 amd64
  Microsoft Teams for Linux is your chat-centered workspace in Office 365.

teams-insiders/stable 1.4.00.4855 amd64
  Microsoft Teams for Linux is your chat-centered workspace in Office 365.
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  2. The Linux version is crippled (and will probably continue to be so for whatever reason) compared to the ones for Windows or OS X.

    As a workaround, try the webpage-version of Teams instead: https://teams.microsoft.com.

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