Removing Disabled Accounts from Microsoft Teams on Android

If you’ve ever worked as a contractor, you’ll know the pain of juggling multiple Microsoft Teams accounts. One day you’re logged in with your client’s tenant, the next day with a subcontractor account, and of course your own work account.

But what happens when one of those accounts gets disabled?

That’s when frustration really kicks in.

The Problem

Here’s the scenario:

• You’ve added multiple accounts to Microsoft Teams on your Android phone.
• Some of those accounts (e.g., subcontractor or client accounts) get disabled after the project ends.
• You want to remove those accounts from Teams without affecting your other accounts.

Simple, right? You’d expect a press-and-hold > Remove account option.

MDEP and AOSP: The Next Step in Teams Devices Management

The first implementation of Microsoft Device Enrollment Platform (MDEP) for a Microsoft Teams device is now live! Jabra’s Panacast 50 VBS, part of Value Pack 3 Firmware 6.5.0, is officially leveraging MDEP with Android Open Source Project (AOSP) management. More OEMs are rolling out AOSP-supported firmware, and the transition is in full swing.

The Shift from Device Administrator to AOSP

Previously, Teams devices were managed through Teams Admin Center (TAC) and Intune using Android Device Administrator, a legacy method now deprecated for Google Mobile Services (GMS)-based devices as of December 2024. Non-GMS-based devices, such as Teams Phones, Panels, and Teams Rooms on Android, have continued using Device Administrator, but Microsoft is now transitioning these to AOSP.