Using emu.chat in the standalone web app
Run the full emu.chat product in your browser without Microsoft Teams, and see how it differs from the Teams experience.
Written By EmuChat
Last updated About 15 hours ago
You do not need Microsoft Teams to use emu.chat. The full product runs in your web browser, so you can sign in, set up your organisation, and manage conversations entirely from the standalone web app. This article shows you where to sign in and how the browser experience differs from using emu.chat inside Teams.
Sign in to the web app
Go to the emu.chat website and sign in with Microsoft single sign-on. The first time you sign in, emu.chat creates your account and walks you through a short setup wizard: you tell us about your organisation, verify your mobile number with a code sent by SMS, and activate your free trial. The trial includes 25 free text messages so you can try emu.chat on a real number before you pay.
Everything works in the browser
Once you are signed in and set up, the standalone web app gives you the complete emu.chat product. There is nothing held back for Teams users. From your Dashboard you can reach your Inboxes and see inbox stats at a glance.
In the browser you can:
Create and organise inboxes (creating an inbox needs an active paid subscription).
Send messages and manage conversations.
Build contact lists and import or export opt-out lists.
Assign conversations to teammates on shared inboxes.
Create and reuse message templates.
Tag and organise conversations.
Settings also live in the browser, where you manage billing, inboxes, workspace members, two-factor authentication, and Microsoft single sign-on.
All of this is available during your free trial. The only thing gated behind a paid subscription is creating an additional inbox.
How the web app differs from Teams
The two experiences share the same app shell, sidebar, conversation view, and feature set. Once you are onboarded, sending a message and moving around the app work the same way in both. There are only a couple of differences worth knowing.
Billing and checkout. In the standalone web app, billing is fully self-serve. On Settings > Billing you can manage your plan, add a payment method, and top up, and the Stripe billing portal opens in the same browser tab. Inside Teams, checkout cannot run in the embedded tab, so the Billing page shows a Billing opens in your browser notice and sends you out to your default browser to complete payment. Either way, billing happens in a browser.
Sidebar. In the web app you can collapse the sidebar to free up space, and your preference is remembered. In Teams the sidebar stays open.