{"id":206,"date":"2023-10-13T12:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/?post_type=docs&amp;p=206"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:31:03","slug":"microphone-is-not-working-on-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/docs\/microphone-is-not-working-on-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Microphone is not working on Microsoft Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"microsoft-access\">Enable microphone access<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Your operating system, specifically Windows, will sometimes block Microsoft Teams from accessing your microphone. If you see this as the case, you need to manually grant Microsoft Teams permission straight from your PC\u2019s settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Open the search bar in your taskbar by clicking on the magnifying glass icon. You can also bring it up with the\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Windows + S keyboard shortcut. Type in \u201cSettings\u201d and click on the first search result.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-543\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-13-1-277x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Select Privacy &amp; Security then select Microphone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-544\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4-16-1-300x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Toggle on\u00a0Allow apps to access your microphone<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=503&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=252&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 252w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=503&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 503w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=755&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 755w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=1006&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 1006w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=1258&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 1258w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/app-permissions-mic.png?width=1509&amp;name=app-permissions-mic.png 1509w\" alt=\"app-permissions-mic\" width=\"503\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Toggle on\u00a0Allow desktop apps to access your microphone<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=486&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=243&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 243w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=486&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 486w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=729&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 729w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=972&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 972w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=1215&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 1215w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/desktop-app-permissions-mic.png?width=1458&amp;name=desktop-app-permissions-mic.png 1458w\" alt=\"desktop-app-permissions-mic\" width=\"486\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Go to your\u00a0Microsoft Teams app<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click the &#8220;3 dots&#8221; right beside your profile picture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click\u00a0Settings\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-2-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Select Devices<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On the Microphone section,\u00a0select the correct device<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click\u00a0Make a test call\u00a0to check if the microphone is working<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=446&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=223&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 223w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=446&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 446w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=669&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 669w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=892&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 892w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=1115&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 1115w, https:\/\/www.officesolutionsit.com.au\/hs-fs\/hubfs\/device-settings-teams.png?width=1338&amp;name=device-settings-teams.png 1338w\" alt=\"device-settings-teams\" width=\"446\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"update-teams-app\">Update the Microsoft Team app<\/h2>\n<p>Having the latest version of Microsoft Teams is necessary to ensure the app is working splendidly. Software updates fix bugs from the previous version and patch security vulnerabilities. Microsoft Teams automatically updates whenever there\u2019s a new version available, but sometimes you may need to check them manually.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Go to your\u00a0Microsoft Teams app<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click the\u00a0menu\u00a0right beside your profile picture<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click Check for updates<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-208\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2-4-3-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The app will check for available updates and will install them automatically<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You should be getting this message after the update, &#8220;You\u2019ve got the latest version.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Close and\u00a0relaunch the Microsoft Teams app<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Make a test call with a college or go to\u00a0Settings &gt; Devices &gt; Make a test call\u00a0to check if the microphone is working smoothly<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enable microphone access Your operating system, specifically Windows, will sometimes block Microsoft Teams from accessing your microphone. If you see this as the case, you need to manually grant Microsoft Teams permission straight from your PC\u2019s settings. Open the search bar in your taskbar by clicking on the magnifying glass icon. You can also bring &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/docs\/microphone-is-not-working-on-microsoft-teams\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microphone is not working on Microsoft Teams<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[17],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-206","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-microsoft-teams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.educlaas.com\/learner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}