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Joining MS teams meeting with two devices and sharing screen from one device
Screen sharing between devices has also stopped working for me sometime during the last week or two. I don't like this change. The previous behavior was very useful.
I kindly ask Microsoft to restore this feature, as an option if necessary.
Hypothesis: Microsoft has crippled the Windows 10 Teams app, either accidentally or purposefully, by preventing sharing of screens when the same user is signed into multiple devices. (Possibly to save bandwidth?)
Previously I could start a meeting on LT1, connect a second device DT1 and then share a screen from DT1. It would appear on LT1 as well as on screens for all other meeting participants.
Now it still appears for other participants, but LT1 no longer presents it. The participant Icons disappear and the screen presentation area goes blank. Once I stop presenting, the icons return.
Testing:
I setup 5 devices , LT1, LT2, DT1, DT2 (all windows 10) & Mobile1 (android) .
I start a meeting on LT1, then signed in on each other device -> LT2, DT1, DT2 and Mobile 1.
I tried all permutations of sharing screens, apps and whiteboard on each device one at a time.
Results:
Shared Screen & Shared App: Mobile 1 presented all shares. All other devices failed to present.
Shared White board: All devices presented & interacted with the whiteboard.
- georgereimer I have noticed this same issue in the past month or so since the update. I am often presenting from my PC work laptop, so I have a more control over the mouse/information directly from my laptop. I then sign onto (with the same account) large conference room computers connected to a TV or projector. These conference room computers are often slower to respond when pulling up documents/files/presentations so the laptop is the best option for me. This option used to be performed seamlessly and made for a very efficient presentation. Now that this feature is gone, if I sign onto 2 devices with 1 account and present, the shared content does not even show up on the other device. Now that leaves me to presenting directly from the conference room computers that lag so badly. I wish this feature could be restored with Microsoft Teams because I didn't have to have that 2nd person to log into the 2nd device. It is time-consuming and tedious to have two different people signing on when starting a presentation.
