Teams Meeting Recordings on SharePoint and OneDrive

Previously, A1 licensed users (the majority of users) had their Teams meeting recordings stored to the meeting chat. This made it difficult to manage inline with compliance matters. 

While A3 licensed users (E.g. those requiring MS Bookings, Intune, etc) had their Teams meeting recordings stored to Microsoft Stream. 

This has now changed so that any Teams recordings are automatically stored on SharePoint or OneDrive. The recording will be able to be viewed in a player similar to Stream on OneDrive or SharePoint. 

Reasons for the change

Microsoft state that they are making this change as a part of larger changes to Microsoft Stream. Moving automatic upload of Teams meeting recordings to OneDrive and SharePoint will make it easier for users to share recordings with external users. The change will also better integrate Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, and bring compliance-based document management and simplicity for our users. 

Benefits of the change

Microsoft describe their expected benefits for users, following this change, as:

• Benefit from OneDrive for Business and SharePoint information governance
• Option to set retention and explicit delete of recordings
• Easy to set permissions and sharing
• Share recordings with guests (external users) with explicit share only
• Request access flow
• Provide OneDrive for Business and SharePoint shared links
• Meeting recordings are available faster
• Multi-geo support – recordings are stored in a region specific to the user
• The ability to prevent certain meeting participants from downloading the meeting recording 

• Email - You will not get an email when the recording finishes saving (as A3 users did with Stream), but the recording will appear in the meeting chat once it’s finished.
• Transcripts - To get a transcript of your video, you must select "Start transcription" as well as "Start recording" in your meeting. The transcript will then be available through Teams. Microsoft expect to add transcription automatially when recording is started in August. 
• Editing recordings - There will be no edit function (such as trimming or changing thumbnails) for videos in OneDrive or SharePoint, like there were with Stream. Microsoft state that they are working on adding this feature. To get this feature you must manually upload your recording either to Stream (non-teaching) or to Media Hopper Create (content aligned with teaching). 
• Whiteboards - There is a known issue with Teams meeting recordings, that Whiteboards will not be included in the Teams meeting recording. This will still be the case when recordings are saved to OneDrive and SharePoint. 

Whether the recording is saved in OneDrive or SharePoint depends on if the meeting was scheduled as a channel meeting or not. Note that this process is automatic, and administrators cannot change where the recording is saved.

Non-Channel meetings 

The recording is stored in a folder named Recordings in the OneDrive of the person who started the meeting recording. For example, Recorder’s OneDrive for Business/Recordings

Channel meetings 

The recording is stored in the document library of the SharePoint site of the Team that the meeting was scheduled in, in a “Recordings” folder. For example, Team name (Sharepoint site) – /Documents/Channel Name/Recordings.

Since videos are just like any other file in OneDrive and SharePoint, handling ownership and retention after someone leaves will follow your normal 'leavers' process accordingly.

Teams meeting recording files will be stored into OneDrive for Business and SharePoint and are included in quotas for those services.

For A3 users, you will get more storage compared with Stream.

Your video will play on the video player of OneDrive for Business (non-channel meetings) or SharePoint (channel meetings). If you are the owner of the video, or if you have granted permission for others to download the video, you can also download the video from OneDrive or SharePoint in order to view it. 

You can play your video in numerous ways:

OneDrive (Non-Channel) Meetings

Through the Meeting chat

1. Click the chat icon on the Teams navigation bar

2. Then, click the meeting chat (this chat will have the same name as the meeting had)

3. Then, the meeting recording should appear in the chat, click it and you will be re-directed to a browser page showing the recording on the OneDrive video player. 

Through the Teams calendar

1. Click the calendar icon on the Teams navigation bar

2. Then, double-click the meeting

3. Then, the meeting recording should appear under the "Details" tab, just below the date and time of the meeting. 

4. Then, click the button labelled "Recording" and you will be re-directed to a browser page showing the recording on the OneDrive video player. 

Directly through OneDrive

1. Go to OneDrive on your preferred browser
2. Then, sign in, if prompted, using your University log-in details (UUN@ed.ac.uk and password)
3. Under "My files", select the folder called "Recordings"
4. All your Teams meeting recordings will appear in this folder, click the recording you want to view and you will be able to view the recording on the OneDrive video player. 

What does the video playback look like in OneDrive?

The following image shows what the video playback page on OneDrive looks like:

SharePoint (Channel meetings)

Through the Channel the meeting was added to

1. Go to the Team that the Channel is in

2. Then, click the meeting chat (this chat will have the same name as the meeting had)

3. Then, the meeting recording should appear in the chat, click it and you will be re-directed to a browser page showing the recording on the SharePoint video player.

Directly through SharePoint

1. Go to https://uoe.sharepoint.com/
2. Then, sign in, if prompted, using your University log-in details (UUN@ed.ac.uk and password)
3. Type your Team name into the "Search in sharepoint" box and select it
4. Click the "Documents" tab from the site navigation
5. Click the channel that meeting was hosted in
6. Click the "recordings" folder 
7. All your Teams meeting recordings hosted in that Channel will appear in this folder, click the recording you want to view and you will be able to view the recording on the SharePoint video player.

What does the video playback look like in SharePoint?

The following image shows what the video playback page on SharePoint looks like:

Non-Channel meetings

Non-channel meetings are any meeting which was not scheduled in a channel. This includes 1:1 meetings, meet now meetings and scheduled meetings. 

What are the automatic permissions for the recording in a non-channel meeting?

Recording Owner

• The owner is the user who clicked record 
• Full access - can share with others, edit the recording title, delete and download the recording

Meeting organiser

• Meeting organiser is the user who scheduled the meeting, but may not have clicked record
• Edit access - can share with others and download the recording

Internal meeting participants

• Any University of Edinburgh user invited to or added to the meeting
• View only access
• Download blocked by default

External meeting participants

• Any non University of Edinburgh participant
• No automatic access 
• The recording owner or meeting organiser must be share the recording 

Can I give users permissions or change permissions?

Giving view-only permissions 

You can give view-only permissions to external meeting participants or to other users not in the meeting. To do this:

1. Go to your OneDrive and click the "Recordings" folder under "My files"
2. Then, click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
3. Then, click "manage access" and a manage access box will open 
4. Then, click "Share" beside "Links giving access"
5. Enter the names or email addresses of the users you want to give view-only access to in the "To box"
6. Then, click "Send"

Giving view and download permissions

You must explictly allow users to download the recording if they need this. This includes meeting participants. 

1. Go to your OneDrive and click the "Recordings" folder under "My files"
2. Then, click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
3. Then, click "manage access" and a manage access box will open 
4. Then, click "Share" beside "Links giving access"
5. Enter the names or email addresses of the users you want to give view and download access to in the "To" box
6. Then, click "Only the people you specify who have this link will have access to view-only"
7. Click the toggle beside "block download" and click "apply"
8. Then, click "Send"

Can I remove permissions?

If you are the recording owner, you can remove permission and stop anyone from viewing the meeting recording, including internal users invited to the meeting. 

Removing permissions from all users

1. Go to your OneDrive and click the "Recordings" folder under "My files"
2. Then, click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
3. Then, click "manage access" and a manage access box will open 
4. Then, click the "Stop sharing" button, a warning will show, click "Stop sharing" 

Removing permissions from specific users

1. Go to your OneDrive and click the "Recordings" folder under "My files"
2. Then, click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
3. Then, click "manage access" and a manage access box will open 
4. Then, on the second entry below the "Links giving access" heading, click the drop down arrow beside the user's icons.
5. Then, click the X icon beside the user's name who you want to remove permissions from 
6. A warning box will appear, click "Remove" 

Channel meetings

Permissions are inherited from the owners and members list in the channel.

What are the automatic permissions in channel meetings?

Team Owner permissions

• Team owner(s) includes any user listed under the owners tab when you click "manage team"
• Team owners are the owners of the channel meeting recording
• Full access

Team member permissions

• Team members are any user listed under the members tab when you click "manage team"
• Edit access - By default members can download, delete, give or remove permissions and edit the title of the video. 
• It is recommended that if you do not want team members to have these permissions, that you change team member access to view and download only. Follow the steps below under "Can I change team member permissions". 

Can I change team member permissions?

1. Go to SharePoint
2. Then, if prompted sign in using your University log-in details (UUN and password)
3. Then, type your Team name into the "Search in SharePoint" box, and click it
4. Then, click "Documents" on the navigation bar to the left of the Shareoint window
5. Then, click the channel name 
6. Then, click the recordings folder. All teams meeting recordings that took place in your channel will appear here.
7. Click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
8. Select "manage access" 
9. Below the "Direct access" heading, to the right of  "your team name members", click the "Can edit" button (icon of a pen)
10. Select "Can view" 

Can I remove team member permissions?

1. Go to SharePoint
2. Then, if prompted sign in using your University log-in details (UUN and password)
3. Then, type your Team name into the "Search in SharePoint" box, and click it
4. Then, click "Documents" on the navigation bar to the left of the Shareoint window
5. Then, click the channel name 
6. Then, click the recordings folder. All teams meeting recordings that took place in your channel will appear here.
7. Click the "Show actions" button (icon of 3 vertical dots) beside the recording name
8. Select "manage access" 
9. Below the "Direct access" heading, to the right of  "your team name members", click the can edit / can view button (icon of a pen)
10. Select "stop sharing"
11. A warning will appear, select "remove" 

Yes captions and transcripts are still available now that recordings are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. 

To have captions and transcripts be available, make sure that transcription starts when you start recording your Teams meeting. If transcription does not start, click "More options" on the meeting bar and select "Start transcription".

For more information and guidance on captions and transcription, please see the:

"Captions and Transcription" drop-down on our Teams Meetings page

You cannot edit the transcript or the captions within SharePoint or OneDrive, as this capability has not yet been released by Microsoft.

You can edit the transcript and the captions by uploading your recording elsewhere, such as to Media Hopper Create or Stream. For content related to teaching we recommend storing your recordings on Media Hopper Create. 

For more information on these platforms, and guidance on how to edit your transcript and captions, see the:

"Captions and Transcription" drop-down on our Teams Meetings page

If a Teams meeting recording fails to successfully upload to OneDrive/SharePoint, the recording will instead be saved to Azure Media Services (AMS).

This is the current method for A1 users in which the recording is saved within Teams and will be available to download for 21 days before being permanently deleted. 

You can still download the recording within the 21 days and manually upload it to OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams or Stream. 

If this happens, a warning will appear in the chat or channel stating that the recording failed to upload to OneDrive. A warning triangle will also appear over the thumbnail box. See the image below:

If you are the meeting organiser, you can delete your Teams recordings.

We recommend that you set a retention period before recording your meeting and delete the recording when you no longer need it.  For further information on retention please see our:

Guiding Principles – Recording of online and digital events

Recording privacy statement (external collaborators) (Word)

Recording privacy statement (internal – staff and students) (Word)

Deleting recordings saved to OneDrive 

If your recording is saved to OneDrive, your recording can be deleted in the same way you delete other files in OneDrive.

For further help see:

 Microsoft's guidance on deleting files in OneDrive

Deleting recordings saved to SharePoint

If your recording is saved to SharePoint,  your recording can be deleted in the same way you delete other files in SharePoint.

For further help see:

 Microsoft's guidance on deleting files in Sharepoint

Your videos currently in Stream will stay there.

Microsoft have stated that they have no plans to retire the Stream platform in the near future. They have also stated that if they do this, they will migrate existing videos in Stream over to OneDrive and SharePoint.

You can continue to use the Stream platform by manually uploading your videos to Stream. For information on Stream, please see our Stream page.