Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration app for chat, meetings, calls, channels, file sharing, and teamwork across organizations and groups.
What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a business communication and collaboration app that helps people chat, meet, call, and work together in shared spaces. It is commonly used by companies, schools, and groups that need persistent team conversations, scheduled meetings, and quick access to shared files and tasks. On Mac, the app gives users a desktop workspace for one-to-one messages, group chats, channels, calendar-based meetings, and audio or video calls. Teams is also closely tied to Microsoft 365 workflows, so many users rely on it to collaborate on documents, coordinate projects, and stay connected during remote or hybrid work. It fits best for organizations that want a central hub for everyday communication and online meetings.
Key features
- Send direct messages and group chats for ongoing team communication
- Join or host audio and video meetings from the desktop app
- Work in channels organized by team, project, or topic
- Share files and collaborate alongside conversations
- Schedule meetings and access calendar-based collaboration workflows
- Make calls and manage communication from one workspace
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Microsoft Teams is legitimate collaboration software from Microsoft Corporation. Access to the microphone, camera, notifications, contacts, screen recording, or files can be consistent with its chat, calling, meeting, and sharing features. Review the permissions you grant, especially screen sharing and camera or microphone access, if you use the app for work or school on a personal Mac.
Recommendation: Keep Microsoft Teams if you use it for work, school, meetings, or team chat. If you no longer rely on it, you can remove it like other apps, but doing so will stop desktop notifications, meetings, calls, and quick access to team conversations from your Mac.
Common paths
/Applications/Microsoft Teams.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.teams
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.teams.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.teams2
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