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Share content in a meeting in Teams

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Step-by-step instructions

  1. To share your screen in a meeting, click the Share icon in your meeting controls.

  2. Then, choose to present your entire desktop, a window, a PowerPoint file, or a whiteboard.

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  3. When you're done sharing, go to your meeting controls and click Stop sharing.

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Note

Note: If you're using a Mac, you'll be prompted to change your privacy settings before you're able to share your screen.

When to share your Desktop, a Window or a Powerpoint

Share your...

If you want to...

Great when...

Desktop

Show your entire screen, including notifications and other desktop activity

You need to seamlessly share multiple windows

Window

Show just one window, and no notifications or other desktop activity

You only need to show one thing and want to keep the rest of your screen to yourself

PowerPoint

Present a PowerPoint file others can interact with

You need to share a presentation and want others to be able to move through it at their own pace

When you're done sharing, go to your meeting controls and click Stop sharing.  

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Note: If you're using a Mac, you'll be prompted to change your privacy settings before you're able to share your screen.

Include system audio

Sharing your system audio lets you stream your computer audio to meeting participants through Teams. You can use it to play a video or audio clip as part of a presentation.

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The meeting 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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Blur or Change your background in a Teams meeting

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Note

Note: Background blurring might not prevent sensitive information from being visible to other meeting participants.

To start a meeting with background blur, move the blur slider—the one to the right of the video slider—to the right on the Choose your audio and video settings screen when you’re joining the meeting. FYI, this only works for scheduled meetings.

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