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Starting a Chat or Call

Starting a Chat or Call

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On this page you will learn how to start a chat or a call with one or more participants. It is possible to start a chat or a call with one or more participants anytime without creating a team.

Step 1
Click on New chat on the top right. You will see an overview of your chats:

MS Teams Start chat

Step 2
Enter a name, email, group or tag to search and add participants.

Step 3
With these three buttons, you can start a video call, an audio call oder add participants:

Buttons

Step 4
Click on Calls > Make a call to start a call:

Make a call

last changed on 01/07/2026

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