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Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions

Teams meeting participants can now request collaborative annotation sessions during screen shares, subject to presenter approval. Organizers and co-organizers gain a new Meeting Options control to restrict annotation initiation.

Action required: Review and configure Meeting Options > Participation settings to control who can initiate collaborative annotations (Everyone or Active sharer only).

Key dates

  • 2024rollout (Rolling out across Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments; available on Desktop and Mac)

Microsoft's description

In Microsoft Teams meetings, participants who are not sharing their screen can request to start a collaborative annotation session while a screen or window is being shared. The active sharer (presenter) must approve the request before annotations start for everyone in the meeting. Organizers and co-organizers can control who can start annotations via a new Meeting Options setting under Participation (Everyone (default) or Active sharer).

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