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Stop Automatic Calling when Screensharing
I screenshare a lot in my position; I call the coworker (Phone/Headset) and train them on what I need them to look at. I am in a large office building, and the automatic calling of the receivers' PC is disruptive, as I do not was the whole office to hear my conversation or have people hear my trainee. I see no way to disable the team auto-call once I start to screen share or in the Options. All my coworkers feel this frustration as well. I do use the computer microphone/speaks aspect when working from home, but would disable it totally, if it would stop the auto-call. I do not want it to affect meeting invites to others, as others around the country can use their PC speak/microphone, if they want. Please advise.
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This is expected when starting screen sharing from a Teams chat. Teams sends the recipient a notification and opens a muted call, and there is currently no setting to disable that behavior.
As a workaround, start a Teams meeting instead. Office participants can select Join without audio, then share their screen with Include sound turned off. Other invitees can still choose to use their PC microphone and speakers.
Hi Beth, in a Teams chat, starting screen sharing creates a Teams call because the sharing session is part of the call. There is not a separate silent screen-share mode there. A practical workaround is to create or join the Teams meeting with "Don't use audio," then keep the voice conversation on your phone/headset and mute the PC speakers and microphone. If you only need to guide one coworker and do not need a meeting, Quick Assist may fit better because it can share or control the screen without starting a Teams audio call. Test your preferred method with one colleague before using it on the office floor.
