To join a Teams meeting without an account:
Go to the meeting invite and click on ‘Join Microsoft Teams Meeting’ > if you choose to join the meeting using the web version, click on either Microsoft Edge, or Google Chrome > allow Teams to use your mic and camera > click on ‘Join now’.
To join a Teams meeting without an account from the mobile:
Open the email where you’ve received an invite to join a Teams meeting > copy the meeting’s ID and passcode > tap on ‘Join on the web’ > paste the meeting’s ID and passcode > choose and tap on ‘Chrome’ > tap on ‘Always’ > tap on ‘Join now’ and enable the microphone and camera icons.
I had no idea you could join a Teams meeting from any device, even without having a Teams account. I heard about this option just a few days back, and I had to check whether that’s true, so I wanted to test it myself.
To be honest, I was kind of ashamed that I didn’t know this by now, but we learn new things every day, right?
Anyways, without further due, let’s find out whether this information is true or false.
Bonus read: How to add someone to a Teams channel?
Apart from this, to join a Teams account without an account, you also have other choices. For example, if you select ‘Click here to join the meeting’, you will be represented with the options to ‘Download the Windows app’, ‘Continue on this browser’, or if you have the MS Teams app, you can click on ‘Open your Teams app’ and go right to your meeting.
Another bonus read: How to send a message to yourself on Teams?
If you need to join a Teams meeting from your mobile device and you don’t have an account there, these are the steps to take:
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Additionally, it provides people with suitable options to collaborate extensively from remote locations and different devices. Since every employee wants to communicate and collaborate at work in a simple, flexible, yet effective environment, we gathered some of its best features, which make it stand out from other collaboration software:
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Hopefully, you learned that now you can also join a Teams meeting without having an account. It is always good to know that you have the option to join a meeting without having one, either from your computer or your smartphone.
You can also learn how to access other options on MS Teams, like how to make a message important, or how to export chat from Teams - we have guides for those too.
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