In Teams, easily adjust your audio settings before and during a call or meeting. 

Note: Make sure your device audio settings and browser audio settings are configured to give Teams access to your device speakers and mic.

Change audio sources

When you join a Teams meeting, you can choose your source of audio from the meeting pre-join screen. Available audio settings vary depending on the source you choose.

If you're joining from the Teams desktop app, you can choose from several audio source options before you join.  Choose your audio source for a meeting from the pre-join screen.

Audio source

When you choose this...

Computer audio 

Your computer's default speaker and mic will be used during the meeting.

Phone audio 

Your phone mic and speakers will be your audio source during the meeting.

After you join, you'll have two options:

  • Enter your phone number to receive a call connecting you to the meeting from your phone.

  • Select Dial in manually to view a phone number you can call into the meeting with.

You'll still be able to participate in the meeting from the device you originally joined from, but that device will be muted and your phone mic and speakers will be the audio sources.

Room audio

You'll add or select a meeting room from the dropdown menu. The room's audio system will be your meeting audio source.

Don't use audio

You'll join the meeting muted. 

If you choose an audio source other than Computer audio, you can choose to switch back to computer audio during the meeting by selecting Unmute  Muted microphone button in the Teams meeting controls.

Change speaker and mic settings

Adjust your speaker and mic settings in your Teams settings or when you join a Teams meeting. You can change settings before you join or while you're in a meeting.

Note: Some audio settings may be unavailable depending on policies set by meeting organizers or your IT admin.

In Teams

To open your audio device settings:

  1. In Teams, select Settings and more  Microsoft Teams more options icon> Settings Settings button.

  2. Select Devices  Teams settings device icon.

  3. In Devices, select Manage devices to connect or disconnect your audio devices.

  4. In Audio settings:

    • Select the connected speaker you want to use from the Speaker dropdown menu.

    • Select the connected mic you want to use from the Microphone dropdown menu.

    • Turn the Automatically adjust mic sensitivity toggle on to ensure everyone hears you at a level volume during a meeting.

    • Turn the Sync device buttons toggle on to sync your Teams audio device and use all its buttons during a meeting.

  5. Select Make a test call  Test call button icon to test your settings.

  6. In Noise suppression:

    • Select Background noise only to suppress noises around you and minimize disruption during a call.

    • Select Voice isolation to suppress other voices that might come through your mic and make sure others in your meeting only hear your voice.

      Note: This requires creating a voice profile if you're not using a headset.

  7. Turn on the High fidelity music mode toggle to play music during a Teams meeting. To learn more, see Use high fidelity music mode to play music in Microsoft Teams.

  8. Turn on the Spatial audio toggle to experience more immersive sound during your Teams meeting. To learn more, see Spatial audio in Microsoft Teams meetings.

In a meeting

Change audio settings from the meeting pre-join screen or in the meeting window after you join.

To access audio settings from the pre-join screen:

  1. Join a meeting from your Teams calendar.

  2. On the pre-join screen, select your audio source.Choose your audio source for a meeting from the pre-join screen.

    • If you select Computer audio, select Open device settings  Meeting options icon to access more audio settings. Changes to your audio settings will be applied when you join the meeting.

  3. Select Join now.

To access audio settings after you join a meeting:

  1. In the meeting controls, select Mic Teams microphone icon to mute yourself or Mic  Muted microphone button to unmute yourself.

  2. Select the dropdown arrow next to Mic for other settings. To see advanced audio settings, select More audio settings.

Audio setting changes made during a meeting will take effect immediately.

Share sound while screensharing

If you're sharing your screen during a meeting, you can include sound to let others hear what's playing on your shared screen. 

To share sound while screensharing:

  1. Join a Teams meeting.

  2. Select Share  Teams share screen iconin the meeting controls.

  3. Turn on the Include sound toggle.Turn on the Include sound toggle to share sound from the window you're sharing.

  4. Select the window you want to share to start screensharing. Participants will be able to hear audio from content on that screen while you're sharing.

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