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How to Join and Use a Microsoft Teams Meeting

How to Join and Use a Microsoft Teams Meeting
  1. Open the meeting link in the email you received from the school or teacher.
  2. On the next screen, click Continue on this browser, you do not need the Teams app to join the meeting.
    A button labeled "Continue on this browser" is displayed in the foreground with the Microsoft Teams logo at the top.

     

  3. Type your name in the box at the top so the meeting organizer can identify you.
  4. Leave Computer audio selected.
  5. Click Join now at the bottom right. You will be placed in the meeting lobby until the meeting organizer admits you to the meeting.
    A Microsoft Teams meeting screen displays a "Type your name" input field in the foreground, with options for computer or phone audio and a "Join now" button in the background.

     

Quick Tips

  • You do not need to turn your camera on to join the meeting. You can turn your camera on or off after you have been admitted to the meeting room.
  • If you want to speak, make sure your microphone is on.

Important Meeting Controls

The Microsoft Teams in-meeting toolbar highlighting the locations of the People, Camera, Mic, and Leave buttons.
  • People: Shows who is in the meeting.
  • Camera: Turn your camera on and off.
  • Mic: Mutes and unmutes your microphone.
  • Leave: Ends the meeting for you.

Tips

  • If the toolbar disappears, move the mouse or click anywhere in the meeting window to show the controls again.
  • If others cannot hear you, click the Mic button in the controls menu to unmute. If the mic icon has a slash through it, you are muted.
  • If you cannot hear others, check the volume on your device and make sure Computer audio was selected before you joined.