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NotSoNewOzzie
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Nov 06, 2019
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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
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UBMike72
Copper Contributor
Jan 22, 2023
Frankly, I struggle to believe that MS is delaying implementing this feature for the application running on their own OS (Windows). I also need to access multiple Teams tenants from my desktop,

For now I've added "guest" accounts for my "main" account on the additional tenancies I need to access, so I can somewhat easily switch between them. Still a workaround with various limitations....
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    Thomas42
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 23, 2023

    UBMike72interestingly I have had that feature for a very short time in my teams client (was back on Windows 10) but

    • my colleagues never received it, and
    • after some updates it vanished on my machine as well

    So, it seems to me that MS will (or can) not implement this feature although there is a huge demand on the users side.

     

    Yes, and guest accounts can be a workaround. I added a "PWA-based client" to my desktop for other accounts, so you can open them in a separate browser window at least.

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      gorchase
      Brass Contributor
      Jan 23, 2023

      Thomas42 

       

      I'd bet money that it'll be released as a feature in one of their new subscription plans as an add-on despite literal years of promising this feature.

      Bet they decided back then that they were moving to a Teams subscription model so just held off knowing the demand

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