Connect to third-party devices in Microsoft Teams
Interact with Teams controls during meetings and calls by pairing third-party devices or apps with your desktop. To pair, your device must have a plug-in compatible with Teams, like the Stream Deck, and your IT admin must have enabled the global policy.
Use your device to:
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Raise and lower your hand
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Send reactions
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Mute and unmute
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Leave a meeting
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Turn your camera on and off
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Blur or unblur your background
Pair a device
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Connect your third-party device to your desktop.
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Open Teams for desktop.
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Select Settings and more in the top right of Teams, then select Settings > Privacy.
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Select Manage API under the Third-party app API section.
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If Manage API is greyed out, an IT admin from one of the accounts you used to sign into Teams has disabled third-party device pairing.
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Turn on the toggle next to Enable API.
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Join a Teams meeting and press any button on your third-party device.
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You will see a window to Allow or Block a new connection request. If the API token is empty, select Generate to generate a new one.
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Tapping Allow means the third-party device will pair and can interact with Teams; it will be added to the Allowed apps and devices list.
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Tapping Block means the device will not be allowed to interact with Teams and will be added to the Blocked apps and devices list.
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Remove a previously paired device by tapping Block.
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Re-pair a previously blocked device by tapping Forget. Once done, you can pair the device again.
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For more help with your device, reference the device’s documentation or contact the device company’s support.
Turn off device pairing
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Open Teams for desktop.
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Select Settings and more in the top right of Teams, then select Settings > Privacy.
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Select Manage API under the Third-party app API section.
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Turn off the toggle next to Enable API.