New Audio-Only Recording Option for Teams Meetings
A new audio-only recording option for Teams meeting suppresses the video feed from meeting participants to generate the MP4 file for the meeting recording. The idea is to better preserve user privacy during recording playbacks. Few will miss the video stream because the audio is usually more important. The audio is also the basis for the meeting transcript, and that leads to AI-generated outputs like meetings summaries and action items. https://office365itpros.com/2025/10/20/audio-only-recording-teams/How do I record videos on Teams using a personal account?
I only have a personal Teams account (no company subscription) and want to schedule a Teams meeting with a friend so she can teach me Excel pivot table techniques. However, I can't find the "Start Recording" button in the meeting settings. Now, I got that recording is only available for subscribers. If a free account can't record from the cloud or locally, what screen recording solution do you usually use to ensure clear video? And I need to record both system audio and webcam picture-in-picture. Thanks in advance for any advice!
MS Teams Meeting - Get Meeting Participants From Graph API
Hi, I’m looking to retrieve the participants of a meeting using the Microsoft Graph API. Currently, I use the calendarView API to obtain details of the meeting from a user's calendar. However, if a new participant is added during the meeting, I want to be able to see the updated list of attendees. I've tried using the onlineMeetings API with the endpoint onlineMeetings/{meetingId}, but this only provides details of the participants who were part of the scheduled meeting (basically participants present in the meeting in user's calendar). It doesn’t reflect any additions or removals of participants that occur during the call. I also explored the chats API with the endpoint https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/chats/19:meeting_Oxxx1@thread.v2/members, which gives me the current members of the meeting chat, but I need to get the list of participants present in the meeting. Is there another method to get a list of all participants in a meeting? Prasad_Das-MSFT Vaibhav-MSFT
Teams App Error After 60 Seconds: "There was a problem reaching this app"
Problem My Teams tab app loads and works perfectly fine, but after exactly ~60 seconds, it shows this error screen: "There was a problem reaching this app" with a Retry button (Screenshot attached) Setup Teams Personal & Meeting tabs Node.js backend on Azure Azure AD authentication Multi-tenant app What I've Checked ✅ No errors in browser console ✅ No errors in server logs ✅ All API calls complete successfully ✅ Teams SDK initializes without errors ✅ Authentication tokens are valid ✅ App works fine locally - only happens in production The Strange Part The app functions normally during those 60 seconds. Everything loads, authentication works, API calls succeed. Then suddenly this error appears. The 60-second timing seems too consistent to be coincidental - suggests some kind of timeout. Question Has anyone seen this before? Is there a Teams SDK timeout or callback I'm missing? Should I be calling some kind of notifySuccess() or similar after initialization? Any suggestions on what could cause a delayed error like this would be appreciated!
Recording meeting doesn't work with animations
I recently discovered utilizing animations and presenting PowerPoint live mode is not capturing the animations. In other words, each slide is being recorded as if there is no animations applied. This is not good since we want to phase in the content from the slide. Update/clarification - turns out the recording of the meeting, if using any other format - Presenter Modes for example, does capture the animations on the slides. It is only when attempting to record the meeting while the Presenter has selected PowerPoint live is when the animations are not captured in the recorded file - participants within the meeting are able to see the animations as they occur - but recorded viewers will not. Just wanted to share the "work around". Thanks!
Removing someone from team and team meetings
Good morning I have set up a team with several internal and external contacts. I have created a reoccurring meeting for the team. If the team members change (a contact added or removed) will the meeting adjust accordingly? IE will those removed from the team be removed from the meeting and those added to the team - will they receive a meeting invitation? Thanks in advanceAllow muting a person only for me
Sometimes I am in a meeting where one of the persons in the meeting is actually near me in the world outside the screen. In this case the sound is a bit maddening since there is a small delay between the sound from the person and the sound through the teams interface. In these cases, I would like to mute the person only for me since I am sitting near and can hear the person fine without headphones. Right now I need to takeoff headphones when the person is talking and putting it back as the person finishes talking.MS Teams Mission Control Center
We provide meeting/webinar support for a major client using MS Teams. Highlighting participants via "Spotlight" in large meetings is quite cumbersome, especially during Q&A sessions, and it's relatively time-consuming and causes awkward pauses. Isn't there a way to improve this? Perhaps an external control page? Furthermore, it would be very helpful to be able to switch seamlessly to different cameras and videos without having to go through OBS or Vmix, or connect a hardware video mixer. Are there any solutions on the market that don't require multiple people to manage a meeting with high demands? If not, we will need to develop this ourselves 😉.Teams Private Channels Just Got Powerful: 1,000 Channels, 5,000 Members & Compliance Simplified
Microsoft Teams Private Channels just got a major upgrade — bigger limits, meeting scheduling, and a simpler compliance model aligned to Microsoft 365 group mailboxes. 🚀 Here’s the key takeaways for IT leaders and Teams admins: Scale up: up to 1,000 private channels per team and 5,000 members per private channel. Meetings supported in private channels. Compliance simplified: private channel messages now live in the team’s M365 group mailbox, aligning DLP, Retention, eDiscovery, and Legal Hold across channel types. Migration timeline: worldwide rollout started in Oct–Dec 2025, with a PowerShell cmdlet to track status: Get-TenantPrivateChannelMigrationStatus. Admin checklist Add your Teams’ M365 group mailbox to Purview DLP/eDiscovery/Retention scopes. Verify Teams channel messages retention applies across standard/shared/private. During migration, ensure searches/holds include both group and user mailboxes. Monitor progress with the cmdlet above. #MicrosoftTeams #PrivateChannels #Microsoft365 #Compliance #Purview #DLP #eDiscovery #TeamsAdmin #Collaboration
