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If you want to give access to desktop apps, make sure that Let desktop apps access your microphone is turned on.You can't turn off microphone access for individual apps. Others can't hear me. Try the following solutions:

Get a free version of Microsoft Teams (for work, school, or friends and family) If you don’t have Microsoft 365 and you don’t use a business or school account, you can get a basic version of Microsoft Teams.

When you add an email account to Outlook, a local copy of your information is stored on your computer. This feature allows you to access your previously downloaded or synchronized email messages, calendar information, contacts, and tasks without an internet connection.

Enable this setting to give participants more discretion over how they want to be presented in a meeting. Allow attendance report. Attendance reports contain meeting attendance details, including how long attendees stayed, and how long your meeting lasted, and more.. Turn on the Allow attendance reporttoggle to generate, view, and download attendance reports.

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Enter your email address and select Connect.. If your screen looks different, enter your name, email address, and password, and select Next.

The classic cold-call scam. The scammers call you and claim to be from the tech support team of Microsoft or another company. They offer to help solve your computer "problems".

In Windows 11, ensure that Camera access, Let apps access your camera, and the individual toggle for the Microsoft Store app you wish to use is turned on. If you do not see the app or website you're looking for in the list, it's likely a desktop app. Desktop apps cannot be individually toggled, but access for those apps can be controlled using Let desktop apps access your camera.