How to Record the Teams Meeting in Easy Ways

Part 1. Reasons for Failure to Record on Teams

Many reasons can cause a Teams recording failure. You can check the reason below:

• Your IT administrator closes the recording permission. You need to ask the administrator to open it or ask the host to record the meeting.
• The subscription plan you choose doesn’t support recording. For example, Microsoft Teams Free, Microsoft Teams Basic, Microsoft Office 365 Education A1, and Microsoft 365 Business Basic, these plans do not allow for cloud recording meetings.
• The kinds of meetings also cause trouble in your meeting recording. One-on-one calls or non-calendar-scheduled instant meetings may not be recorded. Besides, external users (such as anonymous or non-organizational members) may have their recording access restricted.
• If you don’t update your client-side or network instability, the meeting recording will also be a failure. If you attend the meeting through a web browser, the recording also can’t be possible.
• The temporary error also causes the failed recording. You can re-enter the meeting or restart the device.

Part 2. Three Ways to Help Record a Teams Meeting Audio

We will introduce you to three ways to help record a Teams meeting step by step.

• Recording through Teams Cloud Recording

  Teams has the function of cloud recording if you subscribe to the Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 A3/A5/E3/E5. The service records audio in MP4 with a VTT subtitle file, 16 kHz. Network latency or packet loss can cause intermittent and choppy audio in the recorded Teams meeting. It also causes excessive noise reduction for Teams will automatically optimize the damaged audio.

  In addition, the cloud recording function doesn’t support the browser meeting recording; only the Teams App allows you to record meetings.

  By using Teams to record, you need to download the Microsoft Teams app first. click "more", choose the "Record and transcribe", click the "Start transcription" button, then you can start to record your meeting.

  

  If you want to end the recording, just repeat the steps mentioned before and choose the "Stop recording" option to end.

  

• Recording through ViWizard Audio Capture

  ViWizard Audio Capture is a powerful and multifunctional audio recording tool that captures any sound playing on your computer, including streaming music, live radio, game sounds, background music, and online meetings. Differing from the Teams cloud recording, ViWizard Audio Capture allows you to record online meetings in a browser or App with output formats of MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, and so on.

  

  Audio Capture

  A multifunctional audio recording tool that captures any sound playing on your computer, including streaming music, live radio, game sounds, background music, and online meetings, with built-in auto-splitting and advanced editing features to save recordings in MP3, WAV, and other formats while maintaining the highest quality and embedding track details.

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  By using ViWizard Audio Capture, you can follow the following steps or you can read the using guidance:

  Step 1 Install ViWizard Audio Capture and Launch Microsoft Teams

  After installation, open the program and click the "Select/Add an App" button. You can either select your web browser (if you're using Teams Meeting Web) or add the Teams desktop app manually. Once added, open Teams and get ready to record Teams meetings.

  

  Step 2 Customize Output Audio Settings

  Click the "Format" button at the bottom left of the interface to choose MP3 as the output format. If needed, adjust the sample rate and bit rate to optimize audio quality according to your preferences.

  

  Step 3 Capture Audio from Capture Audio from Teams Meeting

  Click "Start" to begin capturing. ViWizard will detect and record the audio from Teams as it starts. Once you're done, click "Stop" to finish recording, and the file of recording Teams meeting will appear in your "Capture List."

  

  Step 4 Edit and Save the Converted MP3 Audio

  You can edit the captured audio by trimming or making adjustments. Once satisfied, click "Save" to store the MP3 file on your computer. All your saved tracks will be available in the "History" section for easy access

  

• Recording through Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder

  Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder. This program lets you record sound from your computer and microphone simultaneously. That means Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder also allows you to record a meeting in the App or browser. It can convert audio to text, so you don’t need to listen to the tedious meeting again, just to select the details you want. The output formats are also various, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WMA, OGG, MP2, and so on. It has three kinds of sound quality for recording Teams meetings: low, standard, and high.

  By using Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder, you need to download Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder first. The steps are very easy. Click the “Record” and it can work in auto. If you want to end a recording Teams meeting, choose “||” button to end the recording. Then click the “download” to check the file's address to re-listen to the recorded Teams meeting.

  

Part 3.Comparison of Three Teams Recording Methods

After knowing the reasons and the solutions to recording teams meeting, we list a simple chart for you to compare them in terms of sound quality, auto-splitting, record browser meeting, and fees.

We are extremely recommending the function of auto-splitting in ViWizard Audio Capture will help you cut down the silent part in your meeting, saving more time and memory space. This will make your review more efficient and clear.

Final Words

Microsoft Teams is a practical office software; it provides online meetings and chats, helping people to chat face to face, but the recording function has many limitations. Luckily, the ViWizard Audio Capture enables you to solve it easily, as it can record the Teams meeting in the browser and the App. Moreover, ViWizard Audio Capture can save sound in high quality and more output formats. Next meeting, give it a try.