Microsoft Teams on OpenBSD
Use Microsoft Teams with microphone & webcam on OpenBSD.
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2024-03-04
Using Microsoft Teams on OpenBSD
It is possible to use Microsoft Teams on OpenBSD.
Installing Chromium
Microsoft Teams is primarily developed for Edge, so it's easier to make it work in Chromium.
doas pkg_add chromiumEnabling audio & video recording
The following commands enable audio and video recording in OpenBSD. It's needed to use the microphone and the webcam, respectively. Execute these commands with the value 0 instead of 1 to disable them again.
doas sysctl kern.audio.record=1
doas sysctl kern.video.record=1It's recommended to enable recording only when needed, and disable it again when finished. But it's possible to keep it enabled by adding the following lines to the file /etc/sysctl.conf:
kern.audio.record=1 kern.video.record=1
Using Teams
Teams is accessible from https://teams.microsoft.com.
It is a Progressive Web App (PWA), so it can be installed from Chromium's menu and launched like any application.