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mkaminski100
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Mar 10, 2021
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Sharing part of the screen

Several users in our organisation use wide screens (42-49") which when shared in Teams as one screen are illegible for others. Even when sharing between two users, video is very pixelated and difficult to read. 

We tried using window sharing which works fine, but there is a need to often switch between several windows, which is creating multiple issues, especially when information from one window is referenced in another. 

I was unable to find a function enabling us to share just a portion of the main screen as we use in PowerTools. 

Am I missing something here or would this require a request for a new feature?

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31 Replies

  • melmanm's avatar
    melmanm
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 14, 2024

    I developed a tiny application, since I faced exactly the same issue. You can try Ultra Wide Screen Share 2.0 to select the area of ultra wide monitor that you'd like to share. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P6J8N3K7TK4?hl=en-us&gl=US

  • FuxCH's avatar
    FuxCH
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 10, 2024

    Microsoft considers to implement this feature. Upvote here, please:

    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/3ab620d5-2299-ec11-b401-002248312b6b

    • SaintEngo's avatar
      SaintEngo
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 12, 2023

      TL-112233 

      Check out https://github.com/Stengo/DeskPad . It creates a virtual monitor within a window, so you can simply share that. It let's you control the resolution just like you would for any other monitor 🙂

      • Nico-Z's avatar
        Nico-Z
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 19, 2023
        It's a pity that Microsoft still hasn't solved this problem. I looked for an app similar to "Portion of Screen" for Mac OS and found "Advanced Screen Share" in the App Store. Unfortunately, the app is not free and is relatively expensive at 10 euros, but hey, at least it solves the problem.

        https://apps.apple.com/us/app/advanced-screen-share/id1597458111?mt=12
  • rkever1972's avatar
    rkever1972
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 14, 2022

    Here's your new "Best Answer"...at least for Windows users. Region to Share app. Brilliant solution and easy to use. Just install it, run it before your meeting so it's available, and choose it as your app to share and you'll be able to resize the app to "select a region" to share during a meeting. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/region-to-share/9n4066w2r5q4#activetab=pivot:overviewtab

     

     

    • mifu01's avatar
      mifu01
      Copper Contributor
      May 20, 2022
      This looks good. I do think it would be even better if it could be integrated with Power Toys Fancy Zones somehow and you could simply WinKey+PgUp/PgDn to switch between applications in the specified Fancy Zone whilst sharing. I have a zone set up for 1920x1080 on my ultrawide, that way my viewers don't think they're watching a cinemascope film whilst I'm sharing, It's just a pain having to unshare/reshare when switching between applications and sharing.

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