

With the free flavor of Microsoft Teams, you get unlimited chats, audio and video calls, and 10GB of file storage for your entire team, plus 2GB of personal storage for each individual. But you don’t need to pay for pricey collaboration tools like Office 365 or SharePoint because Microsoft Teams is free to use. If you run your own business or are part of a working group within a larger company, chances are you need somewhere to communicate and collaborate with those inside and outside your organization.

How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.We didn’t spend enough time with this new beta client, but if you do have an Apple Silicon Mac, let us know in the comments if you think this new native version makes better use of your Mac’s resources. Microsoft Teams is known to be quite a resource hog, even though Microsoft claims that it has optimized the app to make it use up to 50% less power during meetings.

It also starts significantly faster than the emulated version for Intel-based Macs, and that is much appreciated. We’ve downloaded and installed this native version of Microsoft Teams on an Apple Silicon Mac Mini, and it works as expected. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you can download the new beta client from this link. Microsoft confirmed two months ago that a native Teams client for M1 Macs was in the works, and an official announcement is likely coming soon. If Microsoft’s Office apps for macOS are already optimized for Apple Silicon Macs, a native version of Microsoft Teams has been one of the top-requested items on the app’s feedback portal. 9to5Mac reported yesterday that the installer for this new version of Teams has been discovered on Microsoft’s website before the company officially announced its availability. Microsoft has quietly released a beta version of Teams optimized for Apple Silicon Macs.
