How to Get ChatGPTInside Microsoft Teams

Yes, for organizations on a ChatGPT Business, Edu or Enterprise plan. As of October 2026 OpenAI offers @ChatGPT in Microsoft Teams: a ChatGPT workspace admin connects the Teams tenant in the OpenAI admin console, a Teams admin installs the ChatGPT app for chosen users or groups, and people @mention ChatGPT in approved channels. It runs through a service account with the company connections your admin configures, and its usage runs under an admin spend cap. Separately, OpenAI's Teams connector lets ChatGPT on its own website search your Teams messages for context. Without one of those ChatGPT plans, you use a third-party AI app such as Plug and AI, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft's own assistant, built on OpenAI and Anthropic models), or a custom bot built on Azure OpenAI.

Open Microsoft Teams, go to Apps, search for "Plug and AI", and click Add — or use the direct install link. Every new tenant gets a free starter credit, so you can send a message to GPT immediately. Then chat 1:1 or @mention the bot in any channel. To change which models answer, send model premium (or another alias like balanced) — that sets the default model chain for the whole tenant.

OpenAI's @ChatGPT for Teams and its Teams connector both require a ChatGPT Business, Edu or Enterprise plan. As of October 2026 ChatGPT Business is $20 per user per month on annual billing ($25 monthly, 2+ users), while Enterprise and Edu are custom-priced — see openai.com pricing. On the Business tier 10 seats are $250/month at monthly billing or $200/month on annual. Teammates who only use @ChatGPT in enabled channels don't each need a seat, unless an admin requires account connection, but you still need the paid workspace, and @ChatGPT usage runs under an admin spend cap. Plug and AI has no per-seat fee: you pay per use at usage-based rates (details on the pricing page), from one shared tenant balance — $0/month fixed, free models cost $0, and every new tenant starts with free credit.

Yes. Plug and AI gives you OpenAI's latest GPT models directly in Teams, alongside Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and 300+ other models through OpenRouter. Send model premium (or another alias like balanced) to set the tenant's default model chain — the premium chain includes GPT, Grok and Gemini models.

Plug and AI sends your prompts via API to the providers in your tenant's model chain, routed through OpenRouter. Because a chain has fallbacks, a request may be served by another model or provider in the chain if the primary one fails. It all runs on standard API terms — leading providers do not train their models on data sent through their standard API — and billing is per API call from a shared tenant balance, with no per-seat accounts needed. We don't claim specific compliance certifications here — evaluate the app against your own organization's security and data-handling requirements before rolling it out.

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's own assistant, built on OpenAI and Anthropic models and deeply woven into Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams). It's licensed per user and locks you to Microsoft's chosen models. Plug and AI is a standalone Teams app that gives you many providers' models — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and more — with pay-per-use pricing and no per-seat license. See our Microsoft Copilot alternative page.