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Any Teams meeting or call can be recorded to capture audio, video, and screen sharing activity. The recording happens in the cloud, and it is saved so you can share it securely across your organization.

Notes: 

• Whiteboards and shared notes are not currently captured in meeting recordings.

• When you view a meeting recording, you'll see no more than four peoples' video streams at once.

In this article

• Record a meeting or a group call

• Who can start or stop a recording?

• Privacy

• Troubleshoot recordings

• Want to know more?

Important: 

• In Q1 of 2021, Teams meeting recordings will no longer be saved to Microsoft Stream. Moving forward, all meeting recordings will be saved to OneDrive and SharePoint. Some organizations are already choosing to make this change. For those users, migration to OneDrive and SharePoint will begin in October 2020.

• If your organization still uses Stream,please note the following:

• After the recording has stopped, it is processed (which could take a while) and saved to Microsoft Stream, and then it is ready to play.

• The person who started the recording receives an email from Microsoft Stream when the recording is available. It also shows up in the meeting chat—or in the channel conversation if you're meeting in a channel.

• If an admin has set a company policy for saving to Microsoft Stream, you need to accept it before starting the recording.

Record a meeting or call

1. Start or join the meeting.

2. To start recording, go to the meeting controls and select More options > Start recording and transcription.

   

   Everyone in the meeting is notified that recording and transcription has started. The meeting notification is also posted to the chat history.

   Notes: 

   • You can't make multiple recordings of the same meeting at the same time. If one person starts recording a meeting, that recording will be stored on the cloud and available to all participants.

   • Meeting participants have the option of viewing the transcription during the meeting. For details, see View live transcription.

3. To stop recording, go to the meeting controls and select More options > Stop recording and transcription.

   1. The recording is then processed and saved to SharePoint if it was a channel meeting, or OneDrive if it was any other type of meeting.  

   2. The meeting recording shows up in the meeting chat—or in the channel conversation, if you're meeting in a channel. The recording doesn't expire.

Note: For now, guests and external attendees can view the recording only if it's explicitly shared with them. 

Who can start or stop a recording?

Anyone who meets the following criteria can start or stop a recording, even if the meeting organizer isn't present.

• Has an Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, or E5 license.

• Has recording enabled by an IT admin.

• Isn't a guest or from another organization.

Type of user	Can start recording?	Can stop recording?
Meeting organizer	Yes	Yes
Person from same org	Yes	Yes
Person from another org or company	No	No
Guest	No	No
Anonymous	No	No

Notes: 

• Recording continues even if the person who started the recording has left the meeting.

• The recording stops automatically once everyone leaves the meeting.

• If someone forgets to leave the meeting, the recording automatically ends after four hours.

• If one of the participants has a policy for compliance recording, the meeting will be recorded according to the policy even if that participant is from another org or company.

Privacy

When a meeting recording starts, Teams shows a notification to all participants on the Teams desktop, web, and mobile apps, as well as to people who joined via phone.

In some places, you legally need to get everyone's permission before you can record them. Make sure you know the rules before you start.

For more information, see the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

Troubleshoot recordings

If you're having problems recording a meeting, you'll probably need the help of an IT admin to work through them. Keep these things in mind as you move forward:

• Both the meeting organizer and the recorder must have Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, or E5 licenses.

• An IT admin must provide a recording license to both the meeting organizer and the recorder.

• Guests or federated users can't record meetings or calls.

Want to know more?

Play and share a meeting recording

Delete a meeting recording

Edit a recording transcript

Note: Mobile users should update to the latest version of the Teams app for iOS and Android in order to experience meeting recording and video playback in Teams.

Important: 

• In Q1 of 2021, Teams meeting recordings will no longer be saved to Microsoft Stream. Moving forward, all meeting recordings will be saved to OneDrive and SharePoint. Your organization might already have made this change.

• If your organization still uses Stream,please note the following:

• After the recording has stopped, it is processed (which could take a while) and saved to Microsoft Stream, and then it is ready to play.

• The person who started the recording receives an email from Microsoft Stream when the recording is available. It also shows up in the meeting chat—or in the channel conversation if you're meeting in a channel.

• If an admin has set a company policy for saving to Microsoft Stream, you need to accept it before starting the recording.

You can start, stop, and view meeting recordings in Teams mobile app. 

To start recording, go to the meeting controls and select More options > Start recording.

Everyone in the meeting will be notified that recording has started.

To stop recording, go to the meeting controls and select More options > Stop recording.

The recording will be processed (which could take a while) and saved to Microsoft Stream, and then it will be ready to play.

The person who started the recording will receive an email from Microsoft Stream when the recording is available. The recording will also show up in the meeting chat—or in the channel, if you're meeting in a channel.

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