Microsoft Teams
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Find the right Microsoft Teams for your needs
Microsoft Teams is designed for everyone. Get started for free, get more with Teams Essentials, or get Teams as part of Microsoft 365.
Microsoft Teams (free)
- Unlimited group meetings for up to 60 minutes
- Up to 100 participants per meeting
- 5 GB of cloud storage per user
- Unlimited chat with coworkers and customers
- File sharing, tasks, and polling
- Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
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Microsoft Teams Essentials
user/month
Everything in the free version, plus:
- Unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours
- Up to 300 participants per meeting
- 10 GB of cloud storage per user
- Anytime phone and web support
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Microsoft 365 Business Basic
user/month
Everything listed in Microsoft Teams Essentials, plus:
- Team meetings recordings with transcripts
- Web and mobile versions of Office apps2
- Expanded cloud storage of 1 TB per user
- Business-class email
- Standard security
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
user/month
Everything listed in Microsoft 365 Business Basic, plus:
- Desktop versions of Office apps with premium features
- Webinar hosting
- Attendee registration and reporting tools
- Manage customer appointments
Cancelation policies vary based on your status as a new customer, product, and domain selections on Microsoft. Click here for more details.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes! The free version of Teams includes the following:
- Chat messages and search.
- Built-in online meetings and audio and video calling for individuals and groups, with a duration of up to 60 minutes per meeting or call. For a limited time, you can meet for up to 30 hours.
- Seamless file sharing and file storage with OneDrive.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate inside and outside your organization, backed by a highly secure, global infrastructure from Microsoft.
Meet for up to 60 minutes in the free version of Microsoft Teams.
Up to 100 people can join a meeting in the free version of Microsoft Teams.
Several Teams features are only available with a paid Microsoft 365 plan. Depending on the paid plan, features may include:
- Meeting recordings and transcripts.
- Additional storage with plans starting at 1 TB of file storage per user.
- Rich file collaboration in the Office desktop apps.
- Additional app integrations.
- Advanced IT and security controls.
Anyone with any corporate or consumer email address can sign up for Teams today. People who don’t already have a paid Microsoft 365 commercial subscription will have access to the free version of Teams. If a user at an existing Microsoft 365 commercial customer tries to sign up for free, they will be routed into the managed Teams experience for their organization. If the user doesn’t yet have a license for Teams as part of their organization’s Microsoft 365 plan, they will be routed to the Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience for free until next agreement anniversary or renewal on or after January 2021. Learn more about Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience.
You can check out the self-help resources or get help from the community on the Microsoft Teams Answers forum.
1. After your one-month free trial, you will be charged the applicable subscription fee. Credit card required. Cancel any time to stop future charges.
2. This plan works with Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013. Previous versions of Office, such as Office 2010, may work with Microsoft 365 with reduced functionality. This compatibility with Office does not include the Office 365 F3 plans.