Share Your Screen or Content in Teams

Anyone in Teams meeting can share content by selecting Share in the meeting controls.

Share Options

  • Screen: Share your entire desktop
  • Window: Share a specific application window
  • Whiteboard: Collaborate using a shared digital whiteboard.   
  • PowerPoint Live: Share a PowerPoint presentation.

Tip: Turn on Include sound to share computer audio.

Take Control of Shared Content

To take control while someone else is sharing:

  1. Click Request control. 
  2. The sharer will accept or decline your request.
  3. While in control, you can navigate, make edits, or interact with the content.
  4. Click Release control to stop.

Sharing Content from a Mac

Important: macOS requires permission to share your screen.

  1. Select Share in Teams.
  2. When prompted, select Allow to grant screen recording permission.
  3. If you miss the prompt, go to Apple Menu > System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording and enable Microsoft Teams.
  4. Return to your meeting and click Share again to select what to present.

Sources:
Present content in Microsoft Teams meetings
Show your screen during a meeting