Teams Does Not Appear in Outlook for Mac

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Last updated: Apr 08, 2022 by Sarah Nguyen (Deactivated)
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In order to perform the following actions, your user account on the Mac must have admin rights.

Microsoft Teams is available in Outlook for Mac. It allows you to schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook. If this option does not appear for you, follow the instructions below.

  1. Make sure you have Teams installed on your Mac. If you do not, download the desktop app here.

  2. Sign into Teams with your UConn email address and NetID password

  3. Make sure you have Office for Mac (Version 16.24.414.0 or higher) installed. 

    1. To find your version, see What version of Office am I Using?. 

    2. To install the latest version of Office for Mac, navigate to the UConn Software Catalog. 

  4. Check to see how your version of Office is licensed. To do so, open Outlook, go to Outlook in the top menu, and click About Outlook.

  5. If your version of Outlook is licensed like in the image below, you need to run the Office License Removal Tool.

  6. Download the Office License Removal Tool. 

  7. Run the Office License Removal Tool. For the installation file and instructions, see Removing Office License Files on a Mac.

  8. Check to see how your version of Office for Mac is licensed as you did in Step 4. If your version of Outlook is now licensed with your UConn email address, you should see the following license status.

  9. Open Outlook for Mac.

  10. Navigate to the Calendar section.

  11. The Teams Meeting button may take several minutes to show up, or you may be prompted to restart Outlook for improvements to calendar sync. Select Restart Outlook. Once you do so, the Teams Meeting button should be available within a few moments.

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