Newbie abt Microsoft Flip

The standalone Microsoft Flip service is retired, so a personal Microsoft account cannot create legacy Flip discussion topics; the remaining Flip recording feature is available within assignments in Microsoft Teams for Education.^1^

What you can use with a personal account

The closest supported option is a Community in Microsoft Teams for personal use:

1. Open Teams and select Communities.
2. Select Create Community.
3. Choose Create my own or select a template.
4. Add a channel for each discussion topic.
5. Open the community or channel, select Post or Post in Channel, enter the topic, and publish it. Members can reply to the post.^2^ ^3^

This is not a public, searchable forum:

• Communities are private by default and no longer appear in searches or recommendations.
• People participate through invitations or shared join links; owners can enable Request to Join for approval.
• Communities are unavailable to minors.
• Members must use Teams for personal use; work or school accounts cannot join a personal community.^4^

If “public” means that anyone with a link should be able to submit an answer, Microsoft Forms supports personal Microsoft accounts and can create surveys, quizzes, or polls. It collects individual responses, however, rather than providing Flip-style threaded video discussions.^5^

Differences with an education account

A personal Microsoft account is individually owned, whereas a work or school account is created and managed by an organization.^6^

With an eligible Teams for Education account, an educator can add a Flip recording to an assignment:

1. Open a class team.
2. Select Create → New Assignment.
3. Under the instructions box, select + New.
4. Select Flip video recording.
5. Record, review, optionally trim or add music, select Next, and name the recording.

The recording is uploaded to the assignment as a .webm file and is limited to five minutes.^1^

This remaining feature is an assignment recording tool, not the former Flip experience for creating public discussion topics. Access requires a school-provided Teams for Education environment; a personal Teams subscription does not convert a personal account into an education account.

References

1. Flip video recording for assignments in Microsoft Teams
2. Create a community and channel in Microsoft Teams for personal use | Microsoft Support
3. [Desktop](https://support.microsoft.com/teams/free/communities/how-to-post-to-a-community-and-channel-in-microsoft-teams-personal#post-to-a-community)
4. What are Communities and Channels in Microsoft Teams for personal use? | Microsoft Support
5. What is Microsoft Forms? | Microsoft Support
6. What's the difference between a Microsoft account and a work or school account? | Microsoft Support