To open Microsoft teams in multiple windows or instances of the application is not possible. However, Teams is also accessible from the Teams web portal using any web browser. In this article, we will describe the steps to follow to open multiple instances of Microsoft Teams on your Windows 10 PC.
It goes without saying that if you are on several chats, edit a file and try to join a Teams meeting, you do not want to leave each action in progress behind to go to the next one and try to find where you left off. in each section later. Even separate chat windows would be of great help or would allow a meeting to launch a new window outside of Teams and leave what you were working on in the original window.
The ability to change context will certainly allow users to do more work.
If you find that you are constantly jumping into different team rentals and have many channels that you frequent and want to open them at the same time as your calendar, chats and other apps, follow the instructions described below below to be able to open Microsoft Teams in several windows on Windows 10.
How to open multiple instances of Microsoft Teams
If you want to open multiple instances of Microsoft Teams in Windows 10, do the following:
- Launch the Microsoft Teams app on your Windows 10 PC.
- Enter your credentials to connect to Microsoft Teams.
- Then open the Microsoft Edge browser.
The reason for choosing Edge Chromium is that the browser comes with Support for Progressive Web Applications (PWA), which allows you to install a website as a native app on Windows 10 allowing additional features such as push notifications, background data refresh, offline support, etc.
- Now head to teams.microsoft.com.
- Enter your credentials (if you are not logged in automatically) to log in.
- Once connected, click on the ellipsis (the 3 horizontal dots) in the upper right corner to open the Edge settings menu.
- To choose Applications> Install this site as an app.
Now you will get a separate pop-up for Install the application.
Once done, the Microsoft Teams portal window will be installed as a native application on your Windows 10 PC, with an icon added to the taskbar.
You can now open Microsoft Teams in multiple windows. This will not cause any difference between the installed Teams app and the native web portal app. It will update automatically and you will receive notification and immediate calls when someone ping or tries to reach you.
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