RM89975 - Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions

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Summary

In Microsoft Teams meetings, participants who are not sharing their screen can request to start a collaborative annotation session while a screen or window is being shared. The active sharer (presenter) must approve the request before annotations start for everyone in the meeting. Organizers and co-organizers can control who can start annotations via a new Meeting Options setting under Participation (Everyone (default) or Active sharer).

Last Updated

May 4, 2026

Published May 24, 2023

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Status

Rolling out

Release

General Availability

Platforms

Desktop
Mac

Service

Targeted Release (Entire Organization)
Microsoft Teams

Tag

Rolling out
General Availability
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
GCC
GCC High
DoD

Cloud

DoD
GCC
GCC High
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

In Microsoft Teams meetings, participants who are not sharing their screen can request to start a collaborative annotation session while a screen or window is being shared. The active sharer (presenter) must approve the request before annotations start for everyone in the meeting. Organizers and co-organizers can control who can start annotations via a new Meeting Options setting under Participation (Everyone (default) or Active sharer).

GA date: May CY2026

Version history

2 versions tracked

Updated 1 time since Apr 23, 2026. Microsoft Message Center only ever shows the current version; this archive preserves the history.

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  1. May 4, 2026 · 11:00 PMLatest · v2

    Changed: Tags, Status

  2. Apr 23, 2026 · 11:15 PMOriginal · v1

    Changed: Initial version