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Teams Desktop App: 'Teams for Home or Small Business' vs 'Teams for Work or School'

shockoMS 281 Reputation points
2022-08-04T20:04:12.44+00:00

I'm doing a pilot rollout of MS teams in my org and looking to get a small group of users to install the desktop app themselves, As such, I will direct them here and ask them to select the option Teams for work or school as we have M365 licensing and AzureAD. That said, what is the difference in the app you get for these two download options?

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  1. Michael Jessee 20 Reputation points
    2023-05-10T16:07:01.1633333+00:00

    The home version has drastically reduced functionality. You can't even open meetings in the app; they open in your browser. I don't know why it exists.

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  2. JimmyYang-MSFT 53,851 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-08-05T08:06:23.953+00:00

    Hi @shockoMS

    If you have Work account (usually assigned by an IT admin as a part of an organization with a license to use Teams) or School account (as part of a school or educational institution), you need to install Teams for work or school. If you have an personal Teams account, you could install the Teams client for home and business. You could identify which version of Teams you're using from the icon. For more details, you can refer to:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-teams-for-work-or-school-in-windows-11-5dd5f1e3-74ae-437d-b6b7-ce5825bba1cf

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  3. Dillon Silzer 57,441 Reputation points
    2022-08-26T22:15:47.357+00:00

    Home or small business will accept personal/small business e-mails (@harsh.com .com or people who have small business licenses)

    (Small Business Licensing)

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/business#coreui-heading-hiatrep

    Teams for work or school will accept Microsoft365 e-mail address (i.e. custom work or school e-mail addresses).

    Enterprise or School Licensing

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/compare-office-365-plans

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  4. Horacio Morales 10 Reputation points
    2023-10-09T13:06:17.86+00:00

    I've looked silly all year long by sending invites from my small business account, to guys that use the enterprise account. It's a mess, they can´t enter my meetings or need to go through the browser (they get very confused). Very bad experience here Microsoft

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  5. Dillon Silzer 57,441 Reputation points
    2022-08-04T22:56:17.843+00:00

    Hi @shockoMS

    Teams for home or small business does not have the integrative capabilities that Teams for work or school does.

    This means that Teams for work or school:

    • Integrates with Azure Active Directory.
    • Connects files shared in OneDrive/SharePoint between business users.
    • Allows businesses to control what content is shared with external users.

    More information can be found at https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-teams/teams-for-work

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