Recap in Microsoft Teams

Quickly review Teams event recordings with recap. View an event's recording, shared content, and more without switching screens or apps.  

Quickly review event recordings, transcripts, and more with Teams recaps. Check out a past event’s materials, including its files, shared content, and more, without switching screens or apps.

Recap

Recaps are available after Teams events, including meetings, town halls, webinars, and calls, that were recorded or transcribed. In a recap, you can find the event recording, transcript, shared files, notes, agenda, and follow-up tasks.  ​​​​​​ View of the Recap tab in Teams

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View recap

To view an event recap, select the Recap tab in the event chat after the event ends.

You can also open the event chat and select View recap from the event thumbnail.  View a meeting recap from the recap thumbnail in the meeting chat.

In recurring events, easily view recaps from any occurrence. Open the event details from your Teams calendar and select Recap. Then, select an occurrence from the dropdown menu.  View of meeting recap in Teams

Notes: 

  • Recap doesn’t currently support PSTN calls in Teams.

  • Recap notifications, notes, and content aren’t currently available for ad-hoc events and calls.

Share recap

Share the link to a recap with anyone in your org for easier reference to past content. There are a couple ways to find and copy the recap link: 

  • Find the recap thumbnail in the event chat and select Share  OD share icon > Copy link Copy link icon. Paste the copied link in a chat or channel to share.

  • Open the past event from your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. Then, select Share  OD share icon > Copy link Copy link icon. Paste the copied link in a chat or channel to share.

People will need access to the recording and transcript before they can access the recap. If they don’t already have access, they can request it when you share the recap with them. 

Intelligent recap

Get a more personalized rundown of your events with intelligent recap. Save time reviewing with AI-powered features that take you right to the moments you’re looking for. Intelligent recaps for webinars and town halls can be accessed by event organizers, co-organizers, and presenters.

Notes: 

  • Intelligent recap is available as part of Teams Premium, an add-on license that provides additional features to make Teams events more personalized, intelligent, and secure. To get access to Teams Premium, contact your IT admin.

  • Intelligent recap is also available as part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.

Supported languages

English, Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Korean, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Portuguese (Portugal), Czech, Hungarian, Ukranian, and Thai.

For more info, see Supported languages for Microsoft Copilot. If your event's spoken and transcribed languages are supported, all AI features will be available in Teams Premium.

Important: AI-generated content is based on the event transcript and is powered by GPT and other AI models. Some AI-generated content might be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. Microsoft constantly works to improve the technology that reduces these cases. 

Timeline markers 

Timeline markers appear along a recording’s timeline and show which parts are most relevant to you. View timeline markers by hovering over an event recording. Select one to go right to that part of the recording.  View of meeting recap in Teams Timeline markers include: Name mention markers Go right to a part of the recording when someone said your name with name mention timeline markers. When you play an event recording, you can see if your name was mentioned by hovering over the timeline. 

If your name was mentioned, you’ll see the @ icon. Select the @ icon to jump right to that part of the recording. You can also view a transcription of what was said and who said it by opening the transcript pane. Only you can see your own name mention markers.View of meeting recap in Teams

Notes: 

  • To use name mention markers, your event must be recorded or transcribed.

  • Name mentions only work if someone's name in the transcription matches their display name.

Join and leave markers Join and leave markers show when you joined and left an event. When you play an event recording, hover over the timeline to see when you joined or left. Select a marker to go to that part of the recording.

Only you can see your own join and leave markers. 

Screen share markers Review presentations or other shared content with screen share markers. Screen share markers show when someone shared their screen. 

Hover over the recording timeline to see screen share markers.  Select the marker to go to that part of the recording. 

AI notes

View AI-generated notes and follow-up tasks from an event by selecting AI notes. AI notes are available for events transcribed in a supported language. The event must also be five minutes or longer in duration.

View of meeting recap in Teams

You might not be able to copy AI notes if the event's sensitivity label prevents it.

Notes: 

  • To use this feature, the event must be at least transcribed. For the best recap experience, record and transcribe the event.

  • AI notes might look different based on the event's transcription language. This is due to differences in AI language models. We're continuing to improve these features.

Speaker markers

The AI-powered Speakers view helps you find specific speakers and review their main points in an event recording. Select Speakers to see who spoke and when. Select someone’s speaker bar to watch when they spoke.   View of meeting recap in Teams

Note: To use this feature, the event must be recorded and transcribed. 

Recaps and transcripts

To learn more about how recordings, transcriptions, and other data that power this experience are stored, see View, edit, and manage video transcripts and captions and Intelligent recap data, privacy, and security.

Topics and chapters

Chapters and topics divide an event into sections using keywords from the transcript, content shared with PowerPoint Live, and more. 

Screenshot showing topics highlighted in meeting recap

Note: To use this feature, the event must be recorded and transcribed. 

Learn more about auto-generated chapters in Teams videos and in PowerPoint Live recordings.

Copilot

Use Copilot in Recap to summarize key points from an event, generate follow-up tasks, and more. To learn more, see Get started with Copilot in Microsoft Teams.

Screenshot showing copilot functionality in Teams meeting recap

FAQ

What data does Teams use to provide Intelligent recap? 

Teams uses the event transcript, attendance data, and PPT Live data to provide AI-powered features in Intelligent Recap. 

Does Teams store any event data? 

Teams stores event data but Microsoft doesn’t have access to it. How it’s stored depends on policies set by your IT admin. Your event data is stored in the geographic region associated with your organization. Recordings are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, in accordance with the Microsoft Purview policy. Learn more about managing your SharePoint governance here

Do AI-generated notes and AI-generated tasks expire?  

AI-generated notes and AI-generated tasks will expire according to your org’s policies. For more information, contact your IT admin. 

Who can access an events' intelligent recap?

People in your org can access an event's intelligent recap if they were invited to the event. Anyone who wasn't invited or isn't in your org won't have access, even if they have the recording link or Teams Premium.

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