1. In your browser, navigate to go.parkland.edu/office and sign in with your Parkland credentials.

Note: Some browsers, including Firefox and Safari, don’t support Teams calls and meetings. If you need to utilize Teams for calls and meetings, please use Chrome or Edge, or download the Teams application instead.

2. Click on the Teams icon from the Office 365 Dashboard.

3. The web version of Teams should launch and look like the following:

The desktop application allows for retained sign-in, more integrated notifications, and no browser based limitations. To download the desktop app, please continue with the rest of this article.

1. To access the desktop application, click the Meatballs Menu button in the upper right-hand corner of the web browser application, then select Download the desktop app from the drop down.

2. After the download completes, click the Finder icon located on your dock.

3. Select Downloads from the menu pane on the left, then double click the Microsoft Teams installer package.

4. The Teams installer will launch. Click Continue past the introduction.

5. The next screen informs about space requirements of the software. Click the Install button.

6. To install, the program requires credentials of a user that has administrative privileges on the computer. Enter an administrators username and password, then click Install Software.

7. When the installer completes, click the Close button and it will ask to move the downloaded installer to the trash when closed. Click Move to Trash.

8. To launch Teams after it has installed, click the Spotlight button in the menu bar at the upper right-hand corner of the screen. (Keyboard Shortcut: Command + Spacebar)

9. Type "teams" into the search bar and then click Microsoft Teams (work or school) from the search results.

10. Microsoft Teams will launch and prompt you to sign in. Click Sign in.

11. At the next prompt, enter your Parkland email address again and click Next.

12. At the next prompt, enter your Parkland credentials and click Sign In.

13. Teams should now launch and look almost identical to the web version.