How to mute all microphones in Microsoft Teams

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Microsoft Teamsrecently received a feature that allows meeting organizers to eliminate audio disruptions, calledHard Mute.

Although Microsoft started to deliver the update containing this feature in October, reportedly it just became widely available for all Teams users.

What Hard Mute does is help you, as an organizer or educator, reduce audio distractions and background noise by muting the microphones of everyone attending the meeting (except you, of course).

You can unmute microphones of certain attendees during the meeting manually, as needed.

How can I mute all mics in Microsoft Teams?

That’s it, you’ve pre-configured a future meeting so thatMicrosoftTeams participants can’t unmute their mics by themselves. However, note that you may still need to mute their mics after the meeting starts.

You can do that by heading to theParticipantssection and selecting theMute all participantsoption.

Furthermore, you can change attendees privileges regarding their ability to unmute microphones by themselves even after a meeting has started. Just follow these easy steps:

Note that you must have organizer permissions in order to modify participant’s ability to unmute. Furthermore, you can unmute the microphones of attendees that use theRaise your handoption in theMicrosoft Teams app.

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