Enable screen sharing without audio/video call

Enable an option to start a screen sharing session without starting a an audio.video call. This is a common use case in our organization.

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Jens Engelmann shared this idea · Nov 3, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · Dec 26, 2018

UPDATE: I have confirmed with the feature team that this is, in fact, functioning as you expect – you can share your entire desktop or a specific window directly from a private chat session, without starting audio or video. The mute microphone button is enabled so you are able to easily add audio by “unmuting”, but we realize this is causing confusion. We are working on further experience improvements.

Please feel free to respond to teamsml@microsoft.com if you are still seeing issues.

Thanks,
Alex

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Suphatra responded · Dec 18, 2018

Hi again,

I’ve had a number of you email me saying this feature is not completed because it still creates an AUDIO call.

The original request is to enable screensharing without a video call, which is now the completed and shipped. However, it still creates a phone call.

If you would like this new feature request, which is to screenshare without an audio call, please vote up this item here: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/34074184

Thank you and please ping me if you have any questions (sparavi at Microsoft dot com) or leave comments/questions in the thread of the new ticket.

-Suphatra

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Suphatra responded · Dec 17, 2018

This is done rolling out, all of you should have it now. Happy holidays!

Email me at sparavi (at) Microsoft (dot) com if you have any issues or questions about this item.

Suphatra

completed ·

Suphatra responded · Oct 2, 2018

Hi everyone, thanks for all your emails, calls, tweets and messages. I should have clarified that this feature is complete, and is currently in a validation ring and being slowly rolled out over the next couple weeks, as it passes through our validation rings.

So you will see it soon in your Teams client. I will email again when it has finished being deployed to all Teams customers.

Thank you!
Suphatra

completed ·

Suphatra responded · Sep 27, 2018

Hi everyone! I’m so happy to report that this is DONE!

You can now share your entire desktop or a specific window directly from a private chat session. You can even let them take control to collaborate on content together. To share your screen during a private chat, simply click the open sharetray icon on the top right of the screen and pick one of the available window options.

Tweet me at @skprufo if you have any questions. Email me your userlogs if you experience any bugs with this new feature. Your reporting really helps our quality assurance!

Thanks so much for your patience and support of Teams.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Warren responded · Aug 15, 2018

This feature is actively being worked upon. Hopefully in the coming weeks I will get some more details to share with you all.

-Warren

working on it ·

Warren responded · Jul 31, 2018

This feature is now actively being worked upon. This thread will be updated as we move through the process.

-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · May 30, 2018

This item is still on the backlog. Still working its way up through the queue.

-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Apr 16, 2018

This item is still on the backlog. Though it is making its way up through the queue.
I’ll keep you posted as it gets closer.
-Warren

on the backlog ·

Warren responded · Jan 22, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to provide additional feedback. The current survey has now been closed.

Our feature team will review the feedback and I hope to provide some additional info in the near future. For now this item will still be flagged as “on the backlog”.

I already provided feedback to the Feature Team about the question of ‘what chat applications you currently using’ only allowed a single selection to be chosen. As well as being clear that the ask is for sharing one’s screen without the need for video calling.

We appreciate your feedback and together making Teams a better product.

-Warren

needs your feedback ·

Warren responded · Jan 16, 2018

Greetings,

The User Research group at Microsoft Teams would like to better understand the needs around sharing screen from chat (without audio or video).

We’re reaching out to you, hoping you would be willing to spare 10 minutes of your time to participate in an online survey. The insights gained through this survey research will help inform decisions around upcoming investments and prioritization to better address your needs. Your participation will be greatly appreciated!

Please use this link to access the survey:
https://aka.ms/Ujsh1v

Feel free to forward this survey to people you know who have a need for sharing screen from chat.

Thank you!

on the backlog ·

Suphatra responded · Nov 16, 2017

Hey everyone, I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the engineering team has let me know they’ve come up against some pressing resource restraints causing them to pause work on this item for the time being. So we’re moving this one to the backlog for now.

However, this is not off our radar and certainly not off mine. We’ll continue to regularly revisit this item with the team, so please continue to lobby for more votes and add to the comments below. Every voice counts and helps. Thank you!!

Sincerely,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · Nov 16, 2017

Sincerely,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · Oct 18, 2017

Hi everyone, I know we are overdue for the next update. I’m hounding our Meetings team trying to get a new ETA for you. I’ll ping you immediately once I get it!

Thanks for your patience, and your support. Tweet me if you have any questions: @skprufo.

Sincerely,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · Jul 24, 2017

Hi everyone — good news and bad news. Good news is that I have an update from Engineering. Bad news is that they just let me know this has hit some road blocks and we won’t be hitting July’s target date. This is now expected to be delivered in September.

I am sorry for the delay and will update you as this gets nearer to completion! Feel free to ping me if you want to be a beta tester for this feature!

Thanks and hope everyone is enjoying their summer,
Suphatra

working on it ·

Suphatra responded · Jun 2, 2017

We’ve started work on this and we’re aiming for completion by the end of a month that starts with “J”. I’ll let you guess. :-D

Thank you for your support of Teams, your great ideas, your patience and enthusiasm. We really appreciate you!

Sincerely,
Suphatra
Microsoft Teams

planned ·

Suphatra responded · Apr 4, 2017

Thank you SO MUCH for your response to the call for more feedback! This has moved into planning. I’ll share more info once I get it. :-)

Suphatra
Microsoft Teams

needs your feedback ·

Suphatra responded · Mar 8, 2017

Hi folks, I need more info on this one. Why do you want to do this without a video call? Why not just hop on a video call and do the screenshare?

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Ben commented · August 30, 2018 3:15 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I can back that this is an essential feature we use a lot in SfB. We are currently having to run both teams and Skype just to be able to use this feature.

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Bronley Plumb commented · August 29, 2018 8:08 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Yes, definitely this! At the top right, there could be another button for share screen (without starting video or audio call).

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Barry commented · August 26, 2018 11:03 AM · Flag as inappropriate

A main reason for using SFB is the screen share (without video). This omission will be a major impediment to corporate usage of Teams and will have customers scrambling to look at competing products with this feature.

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matt commented · August 23, 2018 10:53 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Oh, so this feature is not live yet? The T-bot tells how to share but the button is missing.

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Anonymous commented · August 23, 2018 8:34 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is a MUST feature - Teams should have never been designed without it!

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Arun Rao commented · August 21, 2018 9:16 AM · Flag as inappropriate

It is a must feature before SFB is faded out...

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Anonymous commented · August 21, 2018 6:53 AM · Flag as inappropriate

My company is phasing out SfB by October so having this feature is a must have. Can't wait to hear the news.

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Anonymous commented · August 20, 2018 12:57 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Whatchawaitin-whatchawaitin'-whatchawaitin' for ...

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Nicolas commented · August 17, 2018 1:45 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Desktop sharing from chat...and remote control too (!), i'm migrating from SfB to Teams right now...

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Nicolas commented · August 17, 2018 1:41 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Quick...Please !

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Anonymous commented · August 13, 2018 1:27 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This item is critical. When you live in a hybrid world with regular phones and Teams interacting together and conference rooms with regular phones...this is an absolute must.

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Anonymous commented · August 10, 2018 4:40 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Yes awesome!

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bob commented · August 10, 2018 10:22 AM · Flag as inappropriate

The screen sharing feature is pretty much the only reason I used Skype for business. Cannot upgrade to Teams until this is available without doing a video call.

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Brett Parker commented · August 9, 2018 1:50 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Agree this would be really helpful.

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Jes Rijo commented · August 9, 2018 10:29 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I don't use this tool because this feature does not exist yet. Please add asap.

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Jon Ostroushko commented · August 8, 2018 9:17 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Thanks guys. This is a big deal for feature parity that will put us one feature closer to being a able to switch fully to Teams.

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Anonymous commented · August 7, 2018 10:38 AM · Flag as inappropriate

ability to mark up the screen to highlight things while sharing screen would be awesome

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Anonymous commented · August 7, 2018 7:41 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Yeah, it is so annoying having to go through and start a meeting to do a quick screen share compared with skype where it is one button.

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Matt Shafer commented · August 1, 2018 5:13 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I would add on here, that you could bring a lot of value for IT admins if you made this UAC enabled. I’d even be willing to pay for add on functionality like that if it meant I could ditch GoToAssist

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Thomas Stegh commented · August 1, 2018 2:35 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Great, working on it ;)

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