Microsoft Teams Keys

Microsoft Teams from the keyboard, without a Microsoft sign-in or an app your IT has to approve. Open chats, type or send messages, control your meeting, set your status and join meetings in the Teams desktop app. Everything runs locally on your Mac.

Microsoft Teams Keys is not made by or affiliated with Microsoft.

Commands

Command	What it does
Open Teams Chat	Opens the chat with a person and types an optional message, left as a draft or sent (preference)
Send Teams Message	Sends to an email address or saved contact; Teams search results leave a draft for you to check
Teams Contacts	Short names for the people you message most – chat, message, call or video call them
Control Teams Meeting	Microphone, camera, raise hand, share content, admit from lobby, leave call and your status in one list
Toggle Teams Microphone / Camera	Mute or unmute, camera on or off
Raise or Lower Hand in Teams	Raise or lower your hand
Leave Teams Call	Hang up
Share Screen in Teams	Opens Share content (⌘⇧E); you pick the screen or window, Teams stays in front
Admit from Teams Lobby	Lets in the people waiting in the lobby
Bring Current Teams Call to Front	Brings the window of the running call or meeting to the front, also when it is minimised
Set Teams Status	Available, Busy, Do Not Disturb, Be Right Back, Away or Offline
Set Teams Status to …	One command per status, so each can have its own hotkey
Start Teams Call	Audio or video call; Teams asks once more before it dials
Teams Meetings	Your Teams meetings for the next seven days, from the Calendar app – join with Return
Join Next Teams Meeting	Joins the meeting that is running or starts within 15 minutes
Join Teams Meeting	Pick the meeting to join – running and starting soon first, then later today and tomorrow; also takes a link from the clipboard or the search bar
Join Teams Meeting from Link	Opens a meeting link from the argument or the clipboard in the app, Outlook Safe Links included
Schedule Teams Meeting	Fills in the Teams new meeting form with subject, attendees, start and duration

Give the commands you use most a hotkey: select the command in Raycast, press ⌘K → Configure Command. Toggle Teams Microphone on a hotkey is a mute button that works no matter which app is in front.

Who You Can Write To

Open Teams Chat, Send Teams Message and Start Teams Call take an email address, a contact saved in Teams Contacts (by its short name), or any other name, which is typed into the Teams search and the first result is opened (chats only, can be turned off). Messages opened through Teams search always stay as drafts, even with Send Teams Message or the Send It preference. Check the recipient in Teams before sending.

How It Works

• Chats, calls, joining and scheduling meetings use Teams links (msteams:), the same ones the "Open in app" buttons use.
• Meeting controls use the official Teams shortcuts (⌘⇧M, ⌘⇧O, ⌘⇧K, ⌘⇧E, ⌘⇧Y, ⌘⇧H). Shortcuts only reach the app in front, so Teams comes forward for a moment and your previous app comes back right after.
• Status uses the Teams slash commands in the language of your Teams app (/busy in English, /beschäftigt in German). Set Teams Language if it differs from the macOS language.
• Upcoming meetings come from the macOS calendar, so your work account has to be added to the Calendar app.

Raycast needs the Accessibility permission for the keystrokes and the Calendars permission for the meeting commands; macOS asks the first time. Background blur and reactions are not available in this extension, which uses keyboard shortcuts rather than the local Teams API.

Two speeds in the extension preferences set how long the commands wait for Teams: Meeting Shortcut Timing for the meeting controls, which usually work at Fast or quicker, and Search Timing for chats, messages and status, including the wait before sending to an email address or saved contact. Pick Slow if Teams misses a keystroke, or set a Custom Factor. The extension makes no network requests of its own.