With the integration of remote work into daily business practices, Microsoft Teams has become an essential tool for communication and collaboration. One of its valuable features is the ability to record meetings, which can be helpful for those who are unable to attend live or for review purposes. However, it’s not always apparent where these recordings are stored. Here’s a tangible guide on how to find where your Teams recordings are kept.

Initially, Microsoft Teams stored meeting recordings in Microsoft Stream. However, with updates over time, this has changed. Now, meeting recordings are stored in OneDrive for Business and SharePoint. Here is a step-by-step process on how to locate them:

1. For recordings of regular meetings:

– These recordings are saved to the OneDrive account of the person who initiated the recording.

– Go to your OneDrive.

– Look for a folder named “Recordings.” This folder is automatically created when you record a meeting.

– Inside this folder, you’ll find the recording files, named with the date, time, and name of the meeting.

2. For Channel meetings:

– These are stored in the SharePoint site associated with the channel.

– Navigate to the respective Teams channel and locate the ‘Files’ tab at the top.

– Click on it; you’ll see a folder named “Recordings.”

– The recorded files will be there with similarly descriptive names incorporating date and time.

3. Accessing from the meeting chat:

– You can also access the recording directly from the post-meeting chat.

– In Teams, go to the meeting chat where a link to the recording is posted after the meeting ends.

– Clicking on that link will either play back the recording or take you to where it’s stored on OneDrive or SharePoint.

4. Using Stream (for organizations still using Microsoft Stream):

– Go to Microsoft Stream online.

– If you recorded the meeting, you could locate your recordings under “My content” > “Videos.”

– Recordings uploaded here by other users can usually be found through ‘Discover’ or ‘Groups’, depending on how your organization categorizes videos.

5. Admin Retrieval:

– If you’re an IT admin wanting to access or manage recordings for compliance reasons or otherwise, recordings saved in OneDrive and SharePoint can be managed through security and compliance tools provided by Office 365.

6. Troubleshooting:

– If you’re unable to find your recording in any of these places, check whether you have appropriate permissions or whether retention policies in your organization might be automatically deleting older files.

Always ensure that privacy policies and permissions settings within your organization allow for proper sharing and storage of these recordings since they may contain sensitive information. By following these steps, you should easily locate any Microsoft Teams meeting recordings whenever you need them.