How to Test Audio in Microsoft Teams

Be ready for your next meeting

Need to communicate with your workmates and important clients quickly? You may already be usingMicrosoft Teams. Teams allows you to keep in touch with others using text chat, audio, and video communication.

However, before you join or start a meeting in Teams, you should test your audio settings to make sure everything is working correctly. To help you, we’ll show you how to test your audio in Microsoft Teams to ensure your microphone, speakers, and even your camera are working.

How to Use the Test Call Feature in Microsoft Teams

Thetest call featurein Microsoft Teams lets you check your audio devices and settings beforejoining a meeting. It works by setting up a fake call (just with yourself) that lets you test your microphone, speakers, and camera.

You can use the test call to adjust your volume controls and check that everything works properly. To use the test call feature in Microsoft Teams, follow these steps.

Listen, watch, and monitor the test call, follow any on-screen instructions, and adjust your volume settings as required. If you have a camera, you’ll see yourself on the screen. Make sure your camera is positioned correctly and has good lighting.

If the test call was successful, you can proceed tojoining your Teams meeting.

How to Test Audio in Microsoft Teams Without Joining a Meeting

If you want to test your audio in Microsoft Teams without joining a meeting, you can try recording a video clip. This way, you can see and hear how you sound and look before joining a meeting with others.

To record a video clip with yourself in Microsoft Teams, follow these steps.

You may also need to consider other things (such as yourinternet connectivity) before you start or join a real meeting in Teams, however.

How to Test Audio Before a Teams Meeting in Windows 11

If you want to test your audio settings outside the Teams client, you can do so via the Windows 11 Settings menu. You can test your microphone and speaker settings to check that the volumes are correct and that everything is working as expected.

You can then adjust these settings before you launch Teams and join a meeting. To test your audio before a Teams meeting in Windows 11, follow these steps.

After testing your audio devices, close theSettingsapp and open Teams. You can then repeat theTest calltest using the steps above or try joining a call to see if it’s working.

How to Troubleshoot Audio Issues in Microsoft Teams

If you encounter any audio issues during or after the test call, here are some possible solutions:

Managing Your Microsoft Teams Settings

Testing your audio in Microsoft Teams is important to ensure that your essential meetings go smoothly without technical interruptions. If yourmic or audio isn’t working in Teams, you must follow these steps to troubleshoot the problem.

Want to keep a record of important meetings? You canrecord a Teams meetingto help you—just make sure you have permission to do so first. If you want to improve productivity in Teams, you can also learn somehelpful Teams keyboard shortcutsto help you.

Ben Stockton is a freelance technology writer based in the United Kingdom. In a past life, Ben was a college lecturer in the UK, training teens and adults. Since leaving the classroom, Ben has taken his teaching experience and applied it to writing tech how-to guides and tutorials, specialising in Linux, Windows, and Android. He has a degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Computing.Read Ben’s Full Bio

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