A sharp recording of a Teams meeting

You recorded a Teams meeting, but the shared slides or your screen look blurry in the recording. That's usually down to how you share, not the recording itself. These tips get you a sharper recording.

Why is the recording blurry?

Teams records what attendees see. If you share a large, high-resolution screen or lots of movement, Teams lowers the quality to keep the connection stable. Small text quickly becomes unreadable.

Tips for a sharp recording

  1. Use PowerPoint Live instead of sharing your screen. Teams then sends the slides themselves. Read present PowerPoint in Teams the right way.
  2. Share one window instead of your whole screen.
  3. Lower the resolution of a 4K screen, or share from a regular display (1920 x 1080).
  4. Make text bigger: zoom in in your browser or app so text is large enough.
  5. Use a wired connection or stable Wi-Fi.
  6. Let someone with a good connection do the recording.

Need a high-quality recording?

For a training video, record locally instead, for example with screen recording in Windows 11 or Clipchamp. Then share the video in Teams or Stream. Also see record a Teams meeting and change recording playback speed.

Read also

Record, find and share a Microsoft Teams meeting
Present a PowerPoint in Teams with PowerPoint Live
Record your screen in Windows 11 without extra software

Nederlandstalige versie: Een scherpere opname van een Teams-vergadering maken

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