Make a call in Microsoft Teams Free

In Microsoft Teams Free you can make a one-to-one or group call with up to 20 participants from any of your chats.

Tip: If you want to host a call with more than 20 participants, create an instant meeting or schedule a meeting.

To start a call:

From the Chat tab, select the chat with the person you want to call. If you’re not currently in a chat with someone, you’ll need to start a chat to call them.
From the top of your chat, tap to start either a Video call or Audio call . If you start the call from a group chat, you will be asked to confirm that you want to call everyone in the group.

Note: If the Video Video call button or Audio Audio call button call button isn't available, check to see if you or your one-on-one contact need to accept an invite. Once accepted, you can move forward with your call.

What you can do during a call

	Turn Video on or off.
	Turn Microphone on or off.
	Turn Speaker phone on or off.
	From the More menu, you can: Go to your Chat during the call With People you can have up to 20 participants on the same call from your group chat. If you'd like more participants, create a meeting . With Share you can Share photo or Share screen Change the call's Views
	Other options under More include: Change background Show live captions Don't show chat bubbles Put call on hold Turn off incoming video
	End or leave the call

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For more help, contact support or ask a question in the Microsoft Teams Community.

	You can also Chat during the call
	Under People, you can view how many participants are in the meeting. Note: You can have up to 20 participants on the same call from your group chat. If you'd like more participants, create a meeting .
	Change the call's Views
	Turn Video on or off
	Turn Microphone on or off
	Turn Speaker phone on or off
	Share your screen. When selecting which screen you want to share, you'll also have the option to Include computer sound.
	From the More menu, you can: Use Video effects and settings to blur or change your background Adjust Audio settings Under Language and speech , you can add Live captions Access your Settings for Accessibility for Sign language and Captions settings Put call on Hold
	End or leave the call.

Make a call in Microsoft Teams Free

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