Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams

Quickly review Teams meeting recordings with meeting recap. View a meeting's recording, shared content, and more without switching screens or apps.   

Meeting recap

Meeting recaps are available after meetings and calls that were recorded or transcribed. If you can’t record or transcribe, contact your IT admin.

In a meeting recap, look at a meeting's recording, transcript, shared files, notes, agenda, and follow-up tasks. ​​​​​​ View of the Recap tab in Teams

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View meeting recap

To view a meeting recap, select the Recap tab in the meeting chat after the meeting ends.

You can also open the meeting chat and select View recap from the meeting thumbnail.  View a meeting recap from the recap thumbnail in the meeting chat.

In recurring meetings, easily view recaps from any meeting occurrence. Open the event details from your Teams calendar and select Recap. Then, select an occurrence from the dropdown menu.  View of meeting recap in Teams

Notes: 

  • Meeting recap doesn’t currently support PSTN calls in Teams.

  • Recap notifications, notes, and content aren’t currently available for ad-hoc meetings and calls.

Intelligent meeting recap

Notes: 

  • Intelligent recap is available as part of Teams Premium, an add-on license that provides additional features to make Teams meetings more personalized, intelligent, and secure. To get access to Teams Premium, contact your IT admin.

  • Intelligent recap is also available as part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.

Get a more personalized rundown of your meetings with intelligent meeting recap, available in Teams Premium. Save time reviewing with AI-powered features that take you right to the moments you’re looking for. 

Supported languages

English, Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Korean, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese (Portugal), Czech, Hungarian, Ukranian, and Thai.

For more info, see Supported languages for Microsoft Copilot. If your meeting's spoken and transcribed languages are supported, all AI features will be available in Teams Premium.

Important: AI-generated content is based on the meeting transcript and is powered by GPT and other AI models. Some AI-generated content might be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. Microsoft constantly works to improve the technology that reduces these cases. 

Timeline markers 

Timeline markers appear along a meeting recording’s timeline and show which parts are most relevant to you. View timeline markers by hovering over a meeting recording. Select one to go right to that part of the recording.  View of meeting recap in Teams Timeline markers include: Name mention markers Go to right to a part of the recording when someone said your name with name mention timeline markers. When you play a meeting recording, you can see if your name was mentioned by hovering over the timeline. 

If your name was mentioned, you’ll see the @ icon. Select the @ icon to jump right to that part of the recording. You can also view a transcription of what was said and who said it by opening the transcript pane. Only you can see your own name mention markers.View of meeting recap in Teams

Notes: 

  • To use name mention markers, your meeting must be recorded or transcribed.

  • Name mentions only work if someone's name in the transcription matches their display name.

Join and leave markers Join and leave markers show when you joined and left your meeting. When you play a meeting recording, hover over the timeline to see when you joined or left. Select a marker to go to that part of the recording.

Only you can see your own join and leave markers. 

Screen share markers Review presentations or other shared content with screen share markers. Screen share markers show when someone shared their screen. 

Hover over the meeting recording timeline to see screen share markers.  Select the marker to go to that part of the recording. 

AI notes

View AI-generated notes and follow-up tasks from your meeting by selecting AI notes. AI notes are available for meetings transcribed in a supported language. The meeting must also be five minutes or longer in duration.

View of meeting recap in Teams

You might not be able to copy AI notes if your meeting's sensitivity label prevents it.

Notes: 

  • To use this feature, your meeting must be at least transcribed. For the best recap experience, record and transcribe your meeting.

  • AI notes might look different based on your meeting's transcription language. This is due to differences in AI language models. We're continuing to improve these features.

Speaker markers

The AI-powered Speakers view helps you find specific speakers and review their main points in a meeting recording. Select Speakers to see who spoke and when. Select someone’s speaker bar to watch when they spoke.   View of meeting recap in Teams

Note: To use this feature, your meeting must be recorded and transcribed. 

Recaps and transcripts

To learn more about how recordings, transcriptions, and other data that power this experience are stored, see View, edit, and manage video transcripts and captions and Intelligent recap data, privacy, and security.

Topics and chapters

Chapters and topics divide a meeting into sections using keywords from the meeting transcript, content shared with PowerPoint Live, and more. 

Screenshot showing topics highlighted in meeting recap

Note: To use this feature, your meeting must be recorded and transcribed. 

Learn more about auto-generated chapters in Teams meeting videos and in PowerPoint Live meeting recordings.

Copilot

Use Copilot in Recap to summarize key points from your meeting, generate follow-up tasks, and more. To learn more, see Get started with Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Screenshot showing copilot functionality in Teams meeting recap

FAQ

What data does Teams use to provide Intelligent recap? 

Teams uses the meeting transcript, attendance data, and PPT Live data to provide AI-powered features in Intelligent Recap. 

Does Teams store any meeting data? 

Teams stores meeting data but Microsoft doesn’t have access to it. How it’s stored depends on meeting policies set by your IT admin. Your meeting data is stored in the geographic region associated with your organization. Meeting recordings are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, in accordance with the Microsoft Purview policy. Learn more about managing your SharePoint governance here

Do AI-generated notes and AI-generated tasks expire?  

AI-generated notes and AI-generated tasks will expire according to your org’s policies. For more information, contact your IT admin. 

Who can access my meetings’ Intelligent Recap?  

People in your org can access your meeting's intelligent recap if they were invited to the meeting. Anyone who wasn't invited or isn't in your org won't have access, even if they have the recording link or Teams Premium.

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