MC1006624 - Microsoft Teams: Access chats while sharing a screen

Updated February 20,March 31, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: We will add a control to the meeting presenter toolbar so presenters can more easily access the meeting chat while sharing a window or a screen.

This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467445.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-AprilMay 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by late April 2025 (previously late March). May 2025.

General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-Mayearly June 2025 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously late May).July 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

After this rollout, a compact view of the meeting chat (visible to presenter only) will open when the presenter selects the Chat icon on the presenter toolbar:

Closeup view of the chat icon:

This feature will be available by default.

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.