If your system is asking you for your BitLocker recovery key, the following information may help you locate your recovery key and understand why you're being asked to provide it. Important: Microsoft support is unable to provide, or recreate, a lost BitLocker recovery key.

Block or remove a bot in Microsoft Teams. To stop a bot from participating in a one-on-one chat, first find the chat name in your chat list, then click More options > Mute. If you want to remove a bot entirely from a channel, find the channel name, then click More options > Manage team.

Bots can contribute to channel and group chat conversations, such as providing important updates or helping a team organize its work. Typically, you or someone else @mentions a bot to interact with it, but some bots can play a more proactive role in conversations.

All Outlook Data Files (.pst) and Offline Data Files (.ost) are listed along with the name of the account the files are associated with. If you cannot open your Outlook data file or suspect that the file is damaged, use the Inbox Repair tool (scanpst.exe) to repair errors in the file.

If you are an identity provider or a website owner who doesn't rely on Microsoft’s enterprise or consumer identities, Microsoft Authenticator app can still help you secure the identities of your users who use two-step verification. In this article, we provide simple instructions that you can share with your users for using Authenticator as a ...

Meeting recording storage and permissions. Teams meeting recordings are automatically stored in the meeting organizer's OneDrive for Business. Meeting recordings expire and are automatically deleted after a set period of time. The default amount of time it's available is set by your admin.

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Chat with a bot in a channel or group chat. Bots can contribute to channel and group chat conversations, such as providing important updates or helping a team organize its work. Typically, you or someone else @mentions a bot to interact with it, but some bots can play a more proactive role in conversations.

You can join a Teams meeting anytime, from any device, whether or not you have a Teams account. If you don't have an account, follow these steps to join. If you're having trouble joining a Teams meeting, try I can't join a Teams meeting.

Send code snippets in a message in Microsoft Teams. To send a code snippet in a chat or channel message: Select Format below the message box. Choose Code snippet to open a dialog box. In the dialog box, enter the code along with a title for the snippet.