How can I take meeting notes in Microsoft Teams?

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Meeting notes

Meeting notes are a great place to capture and share notes before, during, and after a Teams meeting.

A few things to keep in mind:

• Only people in the same org as the meeting organizer will be able to start or access meeting notes.
• Meeting notes are available in meetings with up to 100 people.
• Only people who are invited to a meeting before notes are created will have access to them initially. Others can request access, and the owner of the notes will be notified via email.

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Before the meeting

To take notes before a meeting, go to Calendar , select the meeting, and then Chat with participants. Select the Meeting Notes tab, then Start taking meeting notes.

Add the agenda or other important discussion points. @mention people to get their attention or assign action items.

Note: Pre-meeting notes are currently only available for meetings that don’t take place in a channel. If you click Chat with participants in a meeting that takes place in a channel, you’ll be taken to that channel.

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During the meeting

Once you’re in the meeting, go to More actions    in your meeting controls, then choose Meeting notes .

If you haven’t taken any notes yet, select Take notes. Otherwise, start typing your notes. Use the controls at the top of the panel to format the text. To add a new note, select Add a new section here. Use @mentions to draw someone’s attention to a specific note or assign an action item.

Notes: 

• When you first add a note, a message will be posted on your behalf in the meeting chat.

In a recurring meeting, the notes persist from meeting to meeting. Each meeting becomes a new section in the notes.

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After the meeting

To access notes from a channel meeting, go to the channel where the meeting occurred and find the meeting. Beneath it, select Show notes in fullscreen.

To access notes from a private meeting, open the meeting event on your calendar and select the notes.

Tip: Along with the meeting notes, you’ll find any other available meeting-related items (attached docs, the transcript and recording) on the Details tab when you open the meeting event.

The notes open in a Wiki tab that you can read or add to. Edit and format the tab just like you would any other Wiki tab.

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Information source

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/take-meeting-notes-in-teams-3eadf032-0ef8-4d60-9e21-0691d317d103

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