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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.
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  • Olav Rønnestad Birkeland's avatar
    Olav Rønnestad Birkeland
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 10, 2019

    Cool that Linux users now also have Teams available. But why do you steer away from distributing Teams with modern package solutions? Like Snap or Flatpak for Linux, or Microsoft Store for Windows? That I'd like to know.

  • ChristianEgo's avatar
    ChristianEgo
    Brass Contributor
    May 19, 2020

    Marissa Salazar will there be no updates for the linux client? Last timestamp on the deb packages is from March 2020. When are the next updates for the linux client planned?

  • nneul's avatar
    nneul
    Copper Contributor
    May 26, 2020

    Marissa Salazar When can we expect to see updates to the ms-teams package for linux? MS has been releasing updates left and right for the windows build, but the linux package hasn't been updated since March 20th - still at 1.3.00.5153

     

    Will this build be actively maintained, or just allowed to rot like the old Skype for linux?

  • Michael_Massee's avatar
    Michael_Massee
    Brass Contributor
    May 30, 2020

    Please update the Linux Version with newest Features.

    3x3 view

    raise hands

    share video with sound during meetings

    Fix the Mouspointer Bug !

    blur background.

    etc etc ....

    at least a timeline would be nice.

     

    Thanks

     

     
  • ChristianEgo's avatar
    ChristianEgo
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 11, 2021

    When can we expect an update with the latest features that are already available in the windows version? 

  • phrxmd's avatar
    phrxmd
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 02, 2020

    The Linux client is now quite dated. Raise Hands is missing (you even don't see it when others raise their hands, making it hard to participate fully in meetings). Lots of convenience features are missing -3x3 view, background blur, background image - and application window sharing and sharing PowerPoints are missing as well. 

  • neverfree's avatar
    neverfree
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 16, 2020

    hi,

     

    where can i find the Changelogs / Release Notes for the linux client app ?

    where can I find the roadmap for the linux client ?

     

    br

  • tier1banter's avatar
    tier1banter
    Copper Contributor
    May 13, 2020

    Please update the Linux client to enable custom backgrounds during Teams video meetings.

     

    Thank You.

  • phrxmd's avatar
    phrxmd
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 27, 2021

    I've been using Teams on Linux for about a year now. On the plus side it is nice that there is a native version that is more powerful than the web client. On the minus side, it's increasingly lacking in essential features and the meeting experience is increasingly falling behind the Windows version:

    • Raise Hands is working on and off. Usually in a meeting I keep my phone open with the iOS version of Teams, so that I can reliably see when someone is raising their hand. 
    • Screen Sharing shares only whole desktops, not windows. Consequently, when using Teams and sharing something, there is no way to see the other meeting participants or use the meeting chat.
    • Breakout Rooms are not working.
    • Backgrounds are not working.
    • You can't see more than 4 video feeds. Gallery View is not working, let alone Large Gallery view or Together mode

    I get the feeling that a lot of these are limitations of the technology used - it feels like it's essentially a web client - and that some of these things will never be fixed. It does not help that the Windows version is advancing quite fast, so the gap seems to be growing and the Linux team might not be able to catch up.

    This does not bode well for seeing other Office 365 applications on Linux. It looks like we will have to continue to use virtual machines for basic office collaboration for quite some more time.