How to share your computer screen using Microsoft Teams: Meeting with external people

With Microsoft teams, we can chat, meet,  call, collaborate, video conferencing, screen sharing, file sharing, and more. There are many ways to share your computer screen with Teams. This article will show you how to share screen with external people.

1. With the Teams open, click on Calendar.

2. Click on New meeting.

3. In the New meeting window, enter the info such as Title,  attendees, date, time and message. You also have options to repeat, add channel, location. Then click Send.

4. Now, the meeting should display in your calendar. Click Join to start the meeting.

5. Attendees will receive meeting email. Click Join Microsoft Teams Meeting to process.  

6. In the meeting room, you have options to modify video, audio, add a room. If you click setting icon, you will have more settings. now, click on Join.

7. Now, you should have a screen showing Waiting for other to join.

8. As Attendees, you click Join Microsoft Teams Meeting from the email received, you may have 3 options:

• Download the windows app

• Continue on this browser

  • Open your Teams app

9. After you open Teams, you have options to enter your name, setup video/audio, and other settings. Click Join Now to join the meeting.

10. You will have message: We’ve let people in the meeting know you’re waiting.

11. On the owner computer, you click on Admit to allow the people to get in.

12. To share the screen, click on share Tray icon.

13. Select the screen you want to share and click Screenshare.

14. You also have options to share entire screen, Application window, Chrome tab. Click Share when you are ready.

15. Now, you should be able to see the shared screen.

16. Give control or request control, move the mouse to the top, click Give control username. Now, you are controlling the remote computer.

17. To stop sharing, click on Stop processing. 

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Bob Lin

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