You can invite users from outside of the Colonial Williamsburg organization to attend a Microsoft Teams meeting. They will be able to join without having a license for Office365 or Teams. Below are the ways a user can join a Teams meeting and any concerns about that way of joining.
All methods below rely on the user clicking the link provided in the the meeting invite. The Teams app is the recommended way of joining the meeting and is free to download and install.
Mac
Using the Teams app - Recommended
You can download and install the Teams app for free.
The user is not required to sign in to join the meeting.
Clicking on the link in their email should automatically launch the app and join the meeting
All basic functionality is available: Audio, Video, Chat and sharing
Using Chrome
You can join the meeting using Chrome
Audio, Video and Chat are available (The user will need to give Chrome permission to use the Camera and Microphone)
Sharing is not available
Using Safari or Firefox
It is not recommended to use Safari or Firefox
Neither support sending audio or video only chat
Users can use dial in to get audio
Users can see video from other attendees.
PC
Using the Teams app - Recommended
You can download and install the Teams app for free.
The user is not required to sign in to join the meeting.
Clicking on the link in their email should automatically launch the app and join the meeting
All basic functionality is available: Audio, Video, Chat and sharing
Using Chrome
User can join the meeting
Audio, Video and Chat are available
Sharing is not available
Using Edge
User can join the meeting
Audio, Video and Chat are available
Sharing is not available
Using Firefox
Firefox is not recommended
Video and Audio are technically supported but testing shows poor performance
Chat works
Sharing is not supported
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is not recommended
Video does not function
Audio functions but had spotty performance
Sharing is not supported.
iPhone/iPad
Using the Teams app
The app is free to download and install.
All major functions are available - Audio, Video, Chat and Sharing
Browsers
While it is technically possible to join via Safari you would be required to use a different phone to join the audio
No video
Chrome and Firefox are unsupported and make you download the app
Android devices
Using the Teams app
The app is free to download and install.
All major functions are available - Audio, Video, Chat and Sharing
