Install Microsoft Teams on a Personal Device

Summary

Teams, much like the other Office 365 products, Teams can be accessed anywhere with a network connection. You can access Teams through the desktop app, web app, or by downloading the app on a mobile device. One amazing thing about Teams, is that the interface should be nearly identical on all platforms. Employees who are using a college-owned device, will have access to the desktop version. Anyone who doesn't have the desktop version can access Teams through a browser (such as Chrome or Internet Explorer). To do this, you can go directly to Teams Online. In addition to the experience being similar across different platforms, it will also be the same for different audiences (faculty, staff, and students). Whether you are using a Mac or PC, iPhone or Android, you can install Teams on your personal device.

Download and install Teams on a Mac or Windows computer:

1. Navigate to https://teams.microsoft.com in your favorite web browser.
2. Sign in with your Bellevue College email address.
3. This will open up the Teams web application.
4. To install the desktop app on your personal device, you can download it by clicking on the Download Desktop App icon, located at the bottom left-hand corner of the Teams app, just below the Help button. The Teams desktop app (~93Mb) will start installing.
5. After the download is completed, install Teams by double-clicking on the Teams installer.

Teams also works with your smartphone! Please note that certain features such as video meetings will perform best via a fast, stable WiFi internet connection.

To download and install the Teams app on either an iPhone or Android phone:

1. Navigate to either the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store (Android). 
2. Search for Microsoft Teams, and proceed to the correct search result.
3. Select Get (iOS) or Install (Android).
4. This will download and install the application on your phone.