In Microsoft Teams Free, you can customize your settings to make working together online better. Explore the different features to help plan your next meeting whether it's on web, desktop, or on mobile.
You can easily create meetings with your contacts. Whether you want to start a meeting right away or schedule one to share with your friends. Check out the different features available in meetings.
Important
The options might differ depending on the size of the screen. If a button isn't visible, you might have to tap More
for additional meeting options to appear.
What can I do in meetings?
For the best meeting experience, learn more about the different features in meetings.
| If you tap on |
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What'll happen |
| Camera |
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Turn your camera on or off for a video meeting. |
| Microphone |
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Turn your microphone on or off. |
| Audio |
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You can change your audio options: Device, Speaker, Audio off. |
| More options |
|
Tap for additional meeting options to appear. |
| React |
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Raise your hand in call or send a reaction in a meeting. |
| Chat |
|
Display the meeting chat. |
| People |
|
You can Add people
to the meeting and manage Meeting options
.
- Tap Add people to view participants and add people to the meeting.
- Tap Meeting options if you don't want participants to join the meeting before it starts.
|
| Share |
|
You have the following share options: Share photo
, Share video
, or Share screen
. You can also toggle if you want to include Audio. |
| Views |
|
See the meeting layout and adjust your view. You can switch what you see. For example, when someone is sharing their screen, you can switch to watching the people in the meeting. |
| Record meeting |
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You can record calls or meetings that capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity.
Note: Record meeting is available for Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscribers with a Teams personal account. Learn more AI credits and limits. |
| Meeting views |
|
View to view the current meeting layout. |
| Change background |
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Customize your background during a meeting to minimize distractions or show your personal style. |
| Live captions |
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Live captions to read words that are spoken during a meeting. |
| Turn on RTT for this meeting |
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Turn on RTT to allow users in the meeting to see text as it's typed, making the text visible before hitting send |
| Don't show chat bubbles |
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Keep Chat bubbles from showing in your meeting view. |
| Put me on hold |
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When you put yourself on hold, you won't be about to see or hear anyone on the meeting. Tap Resume to return to the meeting. |
| Turn off incoming video |
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Your video feed won't be visible to other participants in the call. To turn incoming video back on, tap Turn on incoming video. |
| Leave the meeting |
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On meeting control bar, you can tap Leave to exit the meeting. If you are the organizer, you have the option to End meeting for all. |
You can easily create meetings with your contacts. Whether you want to start a meeting right away or schedule one to share with your friends. Check out the different features available in meetings.
What can I do in meetings?
For the best meeting experience, learn more about the different features in meetings.
| If you select |
|
What'll happen |
| Start recording |
|
You can record calls or meetings that capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity.
Note: Record meeting is available for Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscribers with a Teams personal account. Learn more about subscriptions. |
| Chat |
|
Display the meeting chat. |
| People |
|
You can view meeting participants, add people to the meeting, and do the following:
- Pin for me
will pin your own video. - Remove me from the gallery
- Spotlight for everyone will highlight your video for everyone in the meeting.
|
| Raise |
|
Raise your hand in call. |
| React |
|
Send a reaction. |
| View |
|
See the meeting layout and adjust your view. For example, when someone is sharing their screen, you can switch to people view in the meeting. |
| More options |
|
Select additional meeting options to appear. You can do the following:
|
| Camera |
|
Turn your camera on or off for a video meeting. You can customize your background, adjust brightness, add soft focus, and more. |
| Microphone |
|
Turn your microphone on or off. You can adjust your microphone or speaker settings, toggle noise suppression, and more. |
| Share |
|
Share your screen. When selecting which screen you want to share, you'll also have the option to Include computer sound. |
| Leave the meeting |
|
Select Leave to exit the meeting. If you are the organizer, you have the option to End meeting for all. |
You can easily create meetings with your contacts. Whether you want to start a meeting right away or schedule one to share with your friends. Check out the different features available in meetings.
What can I do in meetings?
For the best meeting experience, learn more about the different features in meetings.
| If you select |
|
What'll happen |
| Start recording |
|
You can record calls or meetings that capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity.
Note: Record meeting is available for Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscribers with a Teams personal account. Learn more about subscriptions. |
| Chat |
|
Display the meeting chat. |
| People |
|
You can view meeting participants, add people to the meeting, and do the following:
- Pin for me
will pin your own video.
- Remove me from the gallery
- Spotlight for everyone will highlight your video for everyone in the meeting.
|
| Raise |
|
Raise your hand in call. |
| React |
|
Send a reaction. |
| View |
|
See the meeting layout and adjust your view. For example, when someone is sharing their screen, you can switch to people view in the meeting. |
| More options |
|
Select additional meeting options to appear. You can do the following:
|
| Camera |
|
Turn your camera on or off for a video meeting. You can customize your background, adjust brightness, add soft focus, and more. |
| Microphone |
|
Turn your microphone on or off. You can adjust your microphone or speaker settings, toggle noise suppression, and more. |
| Share |
|
Share your screen. When selecting which screen you want to share, you'll also have the option to Include computer sound. |
| Leave the meeting |
|
Select Leave to exit the meeting. If you are the organizer, you have the option to End meeting for all. |
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