📞 Microsoft Teams: Initial Setup

This KB covers how to initially set up Microsoft Teams.

Setting Up Teams To Start Automatically

Follow the steps below to set Microsoft Teams to automatically keep running when closed:

1. Log into your Microsoft Teams account and navigate to your settings.
   • To access settings, click on the three horizontal dots in the upper right-hand corner near your profile.
     
      
2. Once in settings, find the section called System under the General settings tab at the top of the page.
    
3. Check all the boxes under System. 
   
    

Change Appearance From List to Grid View

1. Open Microsoft Teams and navigate to settings (click on the three horizontal dots in the upper right-hand corner near your profile). 
   
    
2. Select the Chats and Channels tab.
   
    
3. Select List.
    

Modify Taskbar So Teams Is Always Visible

Follow either method below so the Microsoft Teams icon is always visible on your taskbar. Whenever you miss a call or have a new chat message, the icon will turn red, so it's helpful if the icon is always visible.

Windows:

Method 1

1. To find the Microsoft Teams icon, select the carat in the bottom right-hand corner of your desktop screen.
   
    
2. You will see the Microsoft Teams icon along with your other applications.
   
    
3. Right-click on the taskbar, and a pop-up will appear.
   
    
4. Select Taskbar settings. Once the Settings page populates, select Other system tray icons.
   
    
5. Scroll down until you see Microsoft Teams and toggle the button from Off to On.
   
   
   
    
6. The Microsoft Teams icon will now appear on your taskbar.
   

Method 2

1. To pin your Microsoft Teams icon to your taskbar, navigate to Start (the windows symbol next to the search bar). 
2. Select Start and search for Microsoft Teams.
   
    
3. Once the Microsoft Teams App shows up, right click on the App and select the option Pin to taskbar. 
   

Mac:

1. Open Microsoft Teams.
2. While it is running, right click on the Microsoft Teams icon in the taskbar.
3. Select Options.
4. Then select Keep in dock.