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Microsoft Teams is a collaboration app built for hybrid work so you and your team stay informed, organized, and connected — all in one place.

Explore how Teams can help you and your colleagues come together no matter where you are:

• Chat - Message someone or a group to talk about work, projects, or just for fun.

• Teams - Create a team and channels to gather people together and work in focused spaces with conversations and files.

• Calendar - Connect with people before, during, and after a meeting so prep and follow-up are easy to find. This Teams calendar syncs with your Outlook one.

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Chat lets you connect with others, stay up to date on projects, and express yourself, whether you're in the office, at home, or on the go with the Microsoft Teams app.

In Teams, you'll see three types of chats:

• One-on-one chats: to connect with people individually.

• Group chats: to speak with a group of people at the same time.

• Meeting chats: to ask a question without interrupting the speaker.

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Meetings are an essential place where work happens in Microsoft Teams — whether you're engaging an important client or catching up on a group discussion.

There are three parts to a Teams meeting:

• Before: When you create and send out a calendar invite.

• During: When everyone meets.

• After: When people share recaps and action items.

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During a Teams meeting, you can record a live transcript to capture everything being said. The transcription appears in real time and includes each speaker's name and time stamp.

When you record a meeting, transcription starts automatically.

To record a live transcription only:

1. Select More actions  in your meeting controls.

2. Select Record and transcribe  > Start transcription .

3. Confirm the language everyone is speaking in the meeting.

4. Select Confirm.

To hide or show a live transcription:

1. Select More actions  in your meeting controls.

2. Hover over Record and transcribe .

3. Select Hide transcript  or Show transcript .

To download a transcript:

When the meeting is over, the transcript is immediately available in the meeting event on the Teams calendar. By default, meeting organizers and co-organizers can download it as a .docx or .vtt file.

You may also be able to give others permission to download a transcript, depending on policies set by your IT admin.

1. Select Chat in Teams.

2. Open the past meeting chat.

3. Select Recap.

4. In Recap, select the dropdown arrow next to Download  and choose the type of file you want the download to be:

To share a transcript with mobile participants:

Upload a transcript to chat to make it available to meeting participants who joined from a mobile device.

To upload a transcript to chat:

1. Download the transcript to your computer.

2. In the meeting chat, select Attach  beneath the compose box.

3. Upload the transcript.