The film camera icon you're *probably* thinking of is to make a video call.

For a meeting, you'd find the meeting in your calendar then Join it.
-> You'll then get a screen to check your video and audio settings.
-> Confirm Join now
-> Then you'll have options along the top: there, the camera and mic icons will toggle your camera and audio on and off. There's a separate Record option - this might be under a "More" menu for you. It notifies all attendees that a recording is in progress. I don't see a pause option, only the option in the same menu to stop the recording (which then saves it for you).

I don't know how much it will record for free - we have an organisational instance.

What I'd suggest is to just create a test meeting and email it to yourself, then test it out. Hover over all the options to see what they are, click them all to see what they do.

Once you're familiar with the basics, loop in a colleague to help you test things like screen sharing, passing to someone else to present, muting the inevitable attendee who's left their mic on while their dog barks in the background, etc.


Re your question of whether Teams or Zoom is better: they both do all the things you're likely to want them to do, so it comes down purely to whichever one you find easier to use. Some people prefer one, some prefer the other. Try them both out and see what you like better.

Deborah

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Hi Deborah,

Thank you ever so much!

You are spot on.

All my Googled and YouTubed results addressed creating a New Team but, as you aptly shared, you don't have to create one just to hold a meeting.
That's the value of belonging to a "most excellent" list like this - your experience bottom lines it for others which is so appreciated.

If I may please follow up with a related question re: video and audio recording an MS Teams meeting?

I thought I saw a "film camera" looking icon in MS Teams (I'm not at that PC now).

Does the audio automatically go on once you press that camera icon on?

So, it then records both videos and audio?

Do you just press that Camera icon again and it stops it?

How does one Pause an MS Teams recording?

Will it record for 1.5 hours for free?

Thank you ever so much.

Charles.

Charlotte County Public Library

Date:    Tue, 7 Nov 2023 22:05:00 +0000
From:    "Fitchett, Deborah" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MSD Teams - gettign started

You shouldn't need to create a new Team to invite someone to an online Teams event. You can treat it more or less like Zoom for that purpose:
create an event and invite them to that.

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