cannot use MS Teams any more - what can I do?
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
Does [Google Meet: Online Video Meetings and Calls | Google Workspace](https://apps.google.com/meet/) work for you. I can confirm it works with Linux and Windows.
Keep Calm and Carry On
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
Apparently, MS Teams has "back doors". It may be a work in progress.
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- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
I lose sound or video in MS Teams whenever my laptop sleeps. Rebooting fixes it though (and now I use hibernate before I unplug my laptop so it doesn't sleep).
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
So, what happens when you try to reinstall it? https://teams.microsoft.com has a "Get the Windows app" button to download the native Win32 EXE. Failing that, I'd be surprised if the web client didn't work. And frankly I don't see much difference between it and the EXE.
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
Sounds like your trial period ended and you need to buy a license.
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- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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So, what happens when you try to reinstall it? https://teams.microsoft.com has a "Get the Windows app" button to download the native Win32 EXE. Failing that, I'd be surprised if the web client didn't work. And frankly I don't see much difference between it and the EXE.
The web client is apparently prompting me to install the app (which is, although I do have Teams app...) All of that redirects me to https://teams.live.com/_#/unsupportedBrowser[^] :^) My Teams app differs from the 2021 version of Teams shown in picture here Redirecting[^] in that mine only shows: Activity, Community, Chat, Calendar. No "Meetings", "Calls", "three dots menu". So I must have a newer version of MS Teams than that in the link below. However I cannot find a version number anyhow :^)
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Sounds like your trial period ended and you need to buy a license.
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Well, but... I didn't get any period-ending reminder or notice beforehand. This keeps on puzzling me more and more...
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Hello, I feel quite lost... New laptop (bought this spring) using Windows 11 Pro with MS 365, however I guess I didn't have to install MS Teams at the beginning as I already had it. In the first weeks, everything worked well, but ... suddenly:
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
No phone calls therein. No camera connected although I do have one! Cannot even join an invitation I sent... - But I need a video-chat application.
- Best, some that works on Windows 11 and lets people with Mac/Linux join as I invite them
- For example for such useful and important things as online jobs interviews?
What has happened to MS Teams? How can I fix this? Any ideas?
The Teams that ships with Windows 11 is really just a chat application and should be uninstalled if you want the full Teams. What you're looking for is Microsoft Teams (Work or School) and you can download it from https://teams.microsoft.com (assuming you have a M365 Teams account that includes Teams).
- MS Teams seems have turned into a chat-only application.
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The Teams that ships with Windows 11 is really just a chat application and should be uninstalled if you want the full Teams. What you're looking for is Microsoft Teams (Work or School) and you can download it from https://teams.microsoft.com (assuming you have a M365 Teams account that includes Teams).
I have M365 account, as I buy "
Microsoft 365 Family
" for every 12-15 months. However, that sounds different than "M365 Teams account" which I don't know at all. Teams (Work or School) perhaps requires me to have a company's or a school's e-mail address. But I don't have such an e-mail address so far...
