Try it!
Enhance and customize your meeting experience in Microsoft Teams with these audio, video, and collaboration tips.
Preview your video
When you're in a meeting, preview your video before you turn on your camera:
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Hover over Turn camera on to preview your video.
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Preview how you'd like to appear:
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Select Blur my background to blur your background.
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Select More background effects to preview a custom background or add your own.
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When you're ready, select Apply and turn on video.
Share your screen
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Select Share content to present your screen. You can share:
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Your desktop
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Window
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PowerPoint presentation
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Whiteboard
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Raise your hand and show reactions
Under Reactions, choose how to engage in a meeting:
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Select Raise hand to let others know you'd like to speak up without interrupting the conversation.
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Choose a reaction like Applause or Heart to show how you feel.
Spotlight a video
When a featured speaker's talking, spotlight their video so it's the main one everyone sees.
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Right-click whose video you want to spotlight, select Spotlight > Spotlight once more to confirm.
Choose a video layout
There are different video layouts for your meeting. On the meeting controls, select More options (...) and choose one:
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Gallery: This is the default view that shows a 3x3 video layout.
Note: If there's more than nine people, Teams prioritizes anyone with their video turned on, or those speaking the most.
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Large gallery: This is a 7x7 video layout that lets you see up to 49 other people at once.
Note: 10 people must have their camera turned on. If no one's sharing video, Large gallery cannot be selected from the menu.
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Together mode: This layout lets you feel like you're in the same shared space with everyone in the meeting. Select Change scene to change the background for everyone.
Note: Together mode is available if there's at least five people in a meeting.
Create breakout rooms
Create and open breakout rooms to let attendees hold smaller, more focused discussions.
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On the meeting controls, select Breakout rooms.
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Choose how many rooms you need and how to assign participants.
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Select Create rooms > Start rooms.