Installing emu.chat in Microsoft Teams
Add the emu.chat app to Microsoft Teams, either for yourself or for your whole organisation, then sign in and start texting from a channel.
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Last updated About 16 hours ago
emu.chat installs into Microsoft Teams like any other Teams app. You can add it just for yourself, or a Teams administrator can roll it out to everyone in your organisation. Once it is installed, you sign in with your Microsoft account and link a channel to an inbox to start texting. This article covers the two ways to install it; for the wider picture, see How emu.chat works with Microsoft Teams.
Choose how to install it
There are two ways to get the emu.chat app into Teams:
Install it yourself for the team or chat you want to use it in. This is the quickest way to get going and does not need an administrator, as long as your organisation allows people to add apps.
Roll it out for everyone from the Teams admin centre. A Teams administrator does this once so the app is available, or pre-installed, across your organisation.
You only need one of these. If your organisation restricts who can add apps, use the admin rollout.
Install it yourself
Add emu.chat the same way you would add any app in Teams:
In Microsoft Teams, open Apps from the side rail.
Search for emu.chat and select it.
Choose Add to add it for yourself, or use Add to a team or Add to a chat to add it to a specific channel or group chat.
Once it is added, an emu.chat tab appears in that team or chat, ready for you to sign in.
Roll it out for your organisation
If you manage Microsoft Teams for your organisation, you can make emu.chat available to everyone from the Teams admin centre, the same place you manage any other Teams app. From there you can allow the app, and optionally pre-install or pin it so your team finds it without searching. For Microsoft's own steps, see Preinstall Teams apps for your org users.
Note: Rolling out apps in the Teams admin centre is a Microsoft 365 administrator task and uses Microsoft's own tools, not emu.chat. If you are not sure who manages Teams for your organisation, your IT team can point you to the right person.
Sign in after installing
Open the emu.chat tab and sign in with your Microsoft work or school account. emu.chat uses Microsoft single sign-on, so there is no separate password to set up. If this is the first time anyone from your organisation has used emu.chat, you create your account and run through a short setup as you sign in. For what that first run covers, see Getting started with emu.chat.
Note: An Organisation Administrator can control how new people from your organisation join and what access they get. See Microsoft SSO configuration guide.
Link a channel to an inbox
Installing the app makes emu.chat available in Teams; the last step is to connect a channel or group chat to an inbox, so opening the tab there jumps straight to the right inbox. The first time you open the tab in a channel, emu.chat walks you through this. For the full walkthrough, including notification options, see Linking an inbox to a Microsoft Teams channel.