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

completed ·

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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Chris Knudsen commented · June 24, 2018 8:25 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Also i don’t get why this is in backlog.... Skype (consumer was better then Biz) has that function. Just add that to Teams. All set. It should be expected from a MS sharing product to be able to share content without a call

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Dhivya commented · June 22, 2018 1:47 AM · Flag as inappropriate

When we can expect this feature in Teams

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Anonymous commented · June 21, 2018 6:50 AM · Flag as inappropriate

If this is on the backlog...what's in active development? This seems like a huge feature that is missing.

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Michael Gorn commented · June 19, 2018 7:21 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is totally a show stopper. We need an ETA on this feature ASAP. Looks like we won't be able to switch our 150+ users until this is implemented.

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Lee Johnson commented · June 15, 2018 3:27 PM · Flag as inappropriate

We use this feature daily and are often already on a phone call. This limitation within teams is keeping us from making the switch from Skype for business over to Teams and we hope this is added in asap, thanks!

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Brad Weir commented · June 13, 2018 8:51 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Agree with everyone here too this is a feature that all my users are use to having, I simply can't switch my org to Teams knowing that I am willing removing functionality that they are use to using everyday. Teams brings a lot to the table, but all those advanced features are trumped by everyday users if basics like screen sharing without a call or another example is federation to Skype consumer.

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Sam commented · June 13, 2018 8:14 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Agree with everyone. Our business will not switch to Teams until this is available.

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Anonymous commented · June 6, 2018 1:22 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Same pain point as everyone else has made. Without this we cannot switch to teams. Why are basic features that are critical business tools already in SFB shuffled to the backlog in Teams? Once again, Microsoft hobbles what could/should be a fantastic products, by neglecting critical real world functionality.

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Chris Mayo commented · June 5, 2018 7:31 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is desperately needed to move our organization fro SfB to Teams, it's really a show stopper!

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Anonymous commented · June 1, 2018 7:47 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is the only reason why our company doesn't use Teams only! People don't like having to call people with webcam on to share a screen.

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e commented · June 1, 2018 6:37 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is a huge problem for us when trying to coordinate across teams . Please fix

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Chris Parisi commented · May 31, 2018 12:43 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This one thing has kept us in limbo for months already. I don't see us being able to convert completely until this exists in Teams. Sure seems like a more widely used/needed function over many of the other items in the roadmap ahead of this.

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Adrian commented · May 30, 2018 1:20 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is a major blocker for adoption and rolling out through our organisation.

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valiant commented · May 28, 2018 6:21 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Please roll this out or 15000 user in my known Org is not jumping on Teams.

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Andrew Gold commented · May 25, 2018 8:16 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I happen to love the Screen Sharing feature that is introduced with teams, however I should not need to be in a call to share my screen.

Many of my colleagues do not have PC Headsets & will call me on my desk phone, I ask them to share their screen & they cannot without being in a call; in a normal instance I shouldn't need to be in a call to share my screen similar to the functionality in Skype for Business.

I am very happy Microsoft finally removed the screen sharing bar from the top of the Screen which causes many issues when sharing screen & using Remote Sessions.

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Dave James commented · May 22, 2018 1:13 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Echoing what everyone else has said. This is very basic functionality. We will never get people off of SfB and into Teams until this is available.

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Anonymous commented · May 21, 2018 1:50 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Sad to see basic features being put on the backlog?

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David McKowen commented · May 18, 2018 6:18 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Really need this, install of Teams has created issues with login to SfB, want to migrate instead of giving up but may need to give up. HELP!

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Anonymous commented · May 16, 2018 11:49 AM · Flag as inappropriate

it been a month since the last update on this. Is this feature still backlogged is there an ETA.

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Scott Francis commented · May 16, 2018 10:35 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Really need this moved from backlog to roadmap, please.

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