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How to Request Control in Teams?

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Microsoft Teams allows participants to request and share control during meetings, enabling seamless collaboration when presenting screens or applications. This feature is particularly useful for interactive presentations, training sessions, and collaborative work.

To enable control requests in your organization's Teams environment, you'll need to configure the appropriate meeting policies through the Microsoft admin center. Here's how to set up this functionality for your users.

Here's how to request control in teams? in MS Teams

  1. Navigate to the Microsoft admin center in your browser.
  2. Locate and select the 'Meetings' section from the navigation panel on the left.
  3. Access 'Meeting policies' from the available options under the Meetings section.
  4. Find the setting labeled 'Allow a participant to give or request control' in the policy options.
  5. Toggle the control request feature to 'Enabled' to activate this functionality for Teams meetings.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Only Microsoft Teams administrators with access to the Microsoft admin center can enable or disable the request control feature. This setting applies organization-wide through meeting policies and requires admin privileges to modify.