How do I record and share Microsoft Teams meetings?

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Recording a Microsoft Teams meeting

It can be useful to record a Microsoft Teams meeting for later viewing or to share with a colleague that was unable to attend.

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Starting the recording 

Microsoft Teams meetings can be recorded by following the steps outlined below:

1. From within a Microsoft Teams meeting, press the three dots at the bottom to open the menu
2. Press ‘Start recording’ from the context menu 

3. It will take a few moments to start the recording. When the recording has started, a notification will be added to the chat for everyone to see. 
4. You will also see a red dot to show that the meeting is being recorded

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Stopping the recording

1. Press the three dots again to reopen the context menu
2. Press ‘Stop recording’

Please note: You cannot pause a recording.

It will ask if you are sure that you want to stop recording the meeting.

3. Press ‘Stop recording’ to confirm

The banner message will change to advise that the recording is being saved.

A notification will also be added to the chat to advise everyone that the recording is being saved. Once it has finished processing, the video will be available to watch. Click ‘View recap’ to watch the recording in Teams, you can then also open this in Stream.

You will also receive an email notification once the recording is ready to view.

Please note: Ending the meeting will also stop the recording.

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Where are the recordings stored?

The recordings are stored on Microsoft Stream on the account that started the recording, but are available in Teams as well. Microsoft Stream is the University of Worcester’s enterprise storage for video where you can upload, view and share videos securely.

For more information about Microsoft Stream please visit our Microsoft Stream page.

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Sharing permissions

By default, the recording will only be visible to those who attended the meeting.

For more information about managing Microsoft Stream video permissions please see How do I share videos using Microsoft Stream?

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Information source

• Start recording
• Stop recording
• Find recordings
• Who can start or stop a recording?
• Manage the expiration of a meeting recording
• Privacy
• Troubleshoot recordings
• Want to know more?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-a-meeting-in-teams-34dfbe7f-b07d-4a27-b4c6-de62f1348c24

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