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.
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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. 
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. 
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Recap doesn’t currently support PSTN calls in Teams.
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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:
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Find the recap thumbnail in the event chat and select Share
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Open the past event from your Teams calendar and select the Recap tab. Then, select 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.
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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.
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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. 
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.
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To use name mention markers, your event must be recorded or transcribed.
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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.
You might not be able to copy AI notes if the event's sensitivity label prevents it.
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To use this feature, the event must be at least transcribed. For the best recap experience, record and transcribe the event.
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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.
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.
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.
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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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 recap
After a transcribed or recorded event ends, you can access its recap from the event chat or Teams calendar event.
To access a recap from chat, open the event chat and tap Apps > Recap. You can also open the recap by tapping the recording or transcript thumbnail.
To view the recap in other events within a series, tap the series invite in your Teams calendar and tap Apps > Recap. Then, tap the date and time of the event you want to review.
Notes:
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Recap doesn’t currently support PSTN calls in Teams.
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Recap notifications, notes, and content aren’t currently available for ad-hoc events and calls.
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:
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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.
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Intelligent recap is also available as part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
Supported languages
Many languages are supported in intelligent recap. 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. The AI-generated content may occasionally be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate. Microsoft constantly works to improve the technology in reducing these cases.
Recording
If you record an event, the recording will be available in the event recap after the event ends. You can tap between tabs to review different elements of the recording.
Tap the full screen icon for a more immersive viewing experience.
AI notes
View manual and AI-generated notes and follow-up tasks from an event by selecting AI notes. AI notes are available for events that lasted longer than five minutes and were transcribed in English.
To see AI notes in a recap, tap AI notes.
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To use this feature, the event must be transcribed.
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Due to differences in AI language models, AI notes might be formatted differently, depending on event transcription language. We are continuing to improve these features.
Mentions
Mentions are parts of an event when your name was mentioned by someone else.
To see mentions of your name in an event recap, tap @ Mentions. You'll see all the instances when your name was spoken, as well as a timestamp of when the mention occurred.
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To use name mention markers, the event must be transcribed.
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Name mentions only work if someone's name in the transcription matches their display name.
Content
In an event recap, tap Content to see all files from the event. You'll be able to view files that were attached to the event, shared in chat, or related to the event.
Speakers
The Speakers view is an AI-powered feature that helps you quickly find specific speakers and their main points in an event recording. Tap Speakers to see who spoke and when. Tap someone’s speaker bar to watch when they spoke during the event.
Note: To use this feature, the event must be transcribed.
Copilot
If you use Copilot in Teams, you can access copilot functionality in Recap. To learn more, see Get started with Copilot in Microsoft Teams meetings.
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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