Using a secondary browser as Messenger for MS Teams only (open all links in other browser)

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How to use a secondary browser as MS Teams messenger only

Chrome for Teams, Firefox for everything else

1. install both browsers
2. install the chrome-extension Open in Firefox
3. add teams.microsoft.com as PWA in Chome
4. go to the settings for "Open in Firefox" and select to open everything except *.microsoft.com in firefox

Firefox for Teams, Chrome for everything else

1. install both browsers
2. install the firefox-extension Open in Chrome
3. install the firefox-extension PWAs for Firefox
4. add teams.microsoft.com as PWA in Firefox
5. go to the settings for "Open in Chrome" and select to open everything except *.microsoft.com in chrome

OK, well, I'm not the trusting type, so my genuine apologies on not wishing to install both another extension and a local client.

Thanks, though, for all your hard work!

So here is something interesting. I follow this guide using the open in chrome plugin for edge. I add teams and outlook as an app from edge. When I open the Outlook app, it opens as a wpa in edge. When I open the teams app it opens chrome. Any ideas?

cat msedge-cifhbcnohmdccbgoicgdjpfamggdegmo-Default.desktop
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Microsoft Teams
Exec=/opt/microsoft/msedge/microsoft-edge --profile-directory=Default --app-id=cifhbcnohmdccbgoicgdjpfamggdegmo "--app-url=https://teams.microsoft.com/v2/?clientType=pwa"
Icon=msedge-cifhbcnohmdccbgoicgdjpfamggdegmo-Default
StartupWMClass=crx__cifhbcnohmdccbgoicgdjpfamggdegmo