---
title: "Use the portal on your phone or in Teams"
description: "Add the portal to your phone's home screen like an app, and open it inside Microsoft Teams when your organization has added it there."
url: "https://support.outpostplatform.com/portal-guide/phone-and-teams/"
product: "depot"
type: "how-to"
status: "draft"
ai_summary: "Client portal users. The portal works in a phone browser with a bottom bar and More, and installs to the home screen from Safari (Share, Add to Home Screen) or Chrome (Install app). In Microsoft Teams, open the app or a channel tab and sign in once; paying, payment methods, autopay, and remote access open in the browser."
source: "https://gitlab.com/outpostplatform/docs/-/edit/main/src/content/docs/portal-guide/phone-and-teams.md"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Use the portal on your phone or in Teams

The portal works on a phone as well as on a computer, so you can approve a
quote or pay an invoice from wherever you are. You can also add it to your
home screen like an app, or use it inside Microsoft Teams. This page shows
how.

## Use the portal on your phone

Open the portal's address in your phone's browser and sign in. On a phone,
the main pages are in a bar at the bottom of the screen, and **More** holds
the rest. Buttons to approve and pay stay in reach as you scroll.

## Add the portal to your home screen

The portal installs like an app, with your IT provider's name and icon.

- **iPhone or iPad, in Safari.** Open the portal, select the **Share** button,
  then **Add to Home Screen**.
- **Android, in Chrome.** Open the portal, open the browser menu, then select
  **Install app** or **Add to home screen**.

Your invoices and other information are not stored on the phone, so the
portal needs a connection to show them.

## Use the portal in Microsoft Teams

When your organization has added the portal to Teams, you find it under
**Apps**, or as a tab in a channel or chat.

1. Open the app or the tab.
2. The first time, sign in with your portal account in the window that opens.
   Some organizations sign you in without asking.
3. Use the portal as usual.

Paying, **Payment methods**, **Autopay**, and remote access open in your
browser. If the app shows **Open in browser**, your account needs a sign-in
step Teams cannot show. Select it and use the portal in your browser.

To add the portal to a channel, add the app as a tab and select **Save**.
Everyone in the channel signs in with their own portal account.

## Next steps

- [Sign in to the portal](/portal-guide/sign-in/)
- [Using the client portal](/portal-guide/)