From 13 million daily active users in July 2019 to 145 million daily users in April 2021 Microsoft Teams continues to grow its user base. A major factor contributing to Microsoft Teams' growth is its deep integration with other Office 365 applications. However, despite the app's growing usage, it's not without its drawbacks. In this guide, we'll walk you through how to use different Microsoft Teams accounts on Windows 10.
You can't run multiple instances of Microsoft Teams using different accounts. If you work with different organizations or share your computer with your family, this restriction can be a problem. To use a different Microsoft Teams account on your computer, here's what you can do.
Method 1: Launch a personal and professional Microsoft Teams account simultaneously
If you'd like to sign in to both your personal and professional (organizational) accounts on Microsoft Teams, you can do so. In late 2020, Microsoft introduced a new feature in Teams that allows users to sign in to personal accounts.
However, if you want to run multiple professional or personal accounts simultaneously, you'll need to use the second method described later in the article. Here's how to switch between your personal and professional accounts in Teams:
Note: Microsoft Teams only allows one personal account and one professional account to be logged in simultaneously.
Step 1: Launch the Microsoft Teams app on your computer.
Step 2: Log in to your professional account on the app.
Step 3: Once you launch the chat interface, select your profile picture.
Step 4: From the options, select Add Personal Account.
Step 5: In the new dialog box, enter your personal account details (email and password) and log in.
Step 6: Teams should run your personal account as a different application on your desktop and you can pin it to your taskbar.
Note: The Teams Professional app has a different icon than the Teams Personal app, so you should be able to tell the difference.
Method 2: Launch different Microsoft Teams accounts
To have a different Microsoft Teams account running on your computer at the same time, whether professional or personal, you can either sign in to a different account in your browser or install the Microsoft Teams Progressive Web App (PWA) as shown in the detailed steps below:
Sign in to Microsoft Teams on a browser
The first way to run multiple Microsoft Teams accounts on your Windows 10 PC is to use your browser. This means you log in to one account on the desktop app and log in to the other account using a browser. Here's how:
Step 1: Launch the Microsoft Teams app on your computer.
Step 2: Sign in to your first Microsoft Teams account on the app.
Step 3: Launch your web browser and type the Microsoft Teams web address.
Turn on Microsoft Teams for the web
Step 4: Sign in to your alternate account on Microsoft Teams for web browser.
Now, you can run multiple meetings at the same time using different accounts. You can also chat on one account and hold a meeting on the other.
Install Microsoft Teams PWA on Windows 10
Another option is to install Microsoft Teams as a PWA. This means you install Teams as a web app on Windows 10. To do this, you must have Chromium-based web browser.
Note: Examples of Chromium-based web browsers include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Here's how to install Microsoft Teams PWA on your Windows 10 PC:
Step 1: Launch the Microsoft Teams app on your computer.
Step 2: Sign in to your first Microsoft Teams account on the app.
Step 3: Launch your web browser (Edge is used for illustration purposes) and type in the Microsoft Teams web address.
Step 4: Sign in to your alternate account on Microsoft Teams for web browser.
Step 5: Click on the settings menu in the browser.
Step 6: Select applications.
Step 7: Select Install this site as an app.
Step 8: Enter a name that will make the app easy to recognize and then click Install.
Now you have Microsoft Teams PWA installed on your Windows 10 PC. Double-click the app icon to launch it. You can sign in with a different account than the one you have on the desktop app and browser. While you're there, you can also pin the web app to your taskbar for easy access.
Fix Microsoft Teams registration error
Using the methods described above, you can easily sign in and use multiple Microsoft Teams accounts on Windows 10 and on one computer. However, if you encounter problems while signing in,Read this article About fixing Teams sign-in errors.
