Joining a Microsoft Teams Meeting

Join a Teams meeting from the app

  1. From you Calendar, select Join on a meeting before it’s started, or one that’s in-progress.
  2. Turn on your camera, select Background filters, and choose how you’d like to appear:
    • Select a custom background.
    • Select Blur.
  3. Choose your audio settings.
  4. Select Join now.

Join a Teams meeting on the web

Don’t have the Teams app? You can still join a Teams meeting.

  1. In your email invite, select Click here to join the meeting.You can also use a dial-in number and conference ID from the email to call in.
  2. You have three choices:
    • Download the Windows app: Download the Teams desktop app.
    • Continue on this browser: Join a Teams meeting on the web.
    • Open your Teams app: If you already have the Teams app, go right to your meeting.
  3. Type your name.
  4. Choose your audio and video settings.
  5. Select Join now.
  6. Depending on meeting settings, you’ll get in right away, or go to a lobby where someone in the meeting will admit you.

In Teams, you can call in to a meeting by going to the Calendar  Meetings button on the left side of the app, selecting the meeting you want to join, and dialing the phone number provided in the meeting details.

If you’re not a member of Teams, you can still join a Teams meeting from an invitation you received in Outlook or another email application. Use the phone number provided to dial in to the meeting.