Record a video or audio clip in Microsoft Teams

Desktop iOS

In Teams, you can record up to a minute of video or audio and send it to people in one-on-one chats, group chats and channel discussions. They can watch the video or listen to the audio directly in the conversation.

Record a video clip using your camera

Go to any one-on-one, group chat or channel discussion.
Select Actions and apps underneath where you type a message.
SelectRecord a video clip .
Select Start recording to record.

Tip: You can pause and continue the recording as many times as you need.
If desired, select Trim to trim your video clip by moving the sliders in the editing tool. Select Confirm trim to accept the changes.
When you're done recording, select Continue in the lower-right corner.

Tip: If you need to, you can record the video clip again by selecting the left arrow in the lower-left corner. You can choose to delete your previous recording or record more clips.
Once processed, you'll see your video where you type a message. Select Send to add it to the conversation.

Record a video clip from a screen

You can record things that happen on your screen, like walkthroughs and presentations, and send them to a chat or channel as a video clip.

Go to any one-on-one, group chat or channel discussion.
Select Actions and apps underneath where you type a message.
SelectRecord a video clip .
Select Screen, then select Start screen recording.
On the next screen, choose the screen or window you want to record from and select Share.
Your chosen screen or window will be recorded for up to one minute or select Stop sharing to end the video sooner. You can stop, pause or resume recording at any time.

Note: The recording will automatically end once it's reached one minute long.
Review your clips. If desired, select Trim to trim the clip by moving the sliders in the editing tool. Select Confirm trim to accept the changes.
To send you recording, select Continue in the lower-right corner. You can also select Back to make more edits or delete and start over.

Record an audio clip using your microphone

You can also record an audio only clip with your microphone to send in a chat.

Go to any one-on-one, group chat or channel discussion.
Select Actions and apps underneath where you type a message.
SelectRecord a video clip .
Select Camera to turn on audio-only recording, then select Start recording.
Record for up to one minute or select the square to stop the recording.

Tip: You can pause and restart the recording as needed.
Select Review to listen to the clip. If desired, select Trim to trim the clip, then select Confirm trim to continue.
Select Continue in the lower-right corner to add it to your message. When you're ready to share, select Send .

Download and save your video, audio or transcript

Open Teams and go to the message with the video or audio.
Hover over the clip to choose More video clip options (...) in the top right corner.
Select Download Transcript or Download video . The .mp4 file is in your Downloads folder.

Tip: Find your file in the download window that appears in the upper right corner of Microsoft Teams. Hover over the file name and select View in folder icon Show in folder to go directly to the downloads folder.

Turn closed captions on or off

Video clips shared in Teams have auto-generated captions. If you want to turn off the captions for a video clip you're watching, select Captions The Closed Captions icon for Teams video clips . To turn them back on, select Captions again.

To view the list of supported languages for captions, see Language and voice support.

Record a video clip using your camera

Open a chat or start a channel post reply.
Next to the compose box, tap Camera.

Tip: You can also tap the plus sign on the left of the compose box, followed by media to access the camera.
Choose which direction camera you’d like to use.
Tap VIDEO.
Press then hold the capture button to record your video.