Microsoft Teams will introduce meeting artifacts so that users can access old meetings, recordings, or transcripts

Want to go over an old Microsoft Teams meeting, or something Copilot generated a while ago that might be useful now? Well, you should know that you will soon be able to do that, as the Redmond-based tech giant will enhance Teams with meeting artifacts.

What are meeting artifacts? According to the latest entry in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, anything from older Teams meeting transcripts, to older recordings, AI-generated recaps, or even conversations with Copilot in the platform is a meeting artifact.

And, Microsoft will allow managers to decide which users can access it. Initially, they will be able to choose between three options: allowing people with existing access, allowing organizers, and co-organizers, and finally, allowing specific people.

When any of these options is selected, that group of people will have access to meeting artifacts in Microsoft Teams.

Introducing a new meeting option that gives meeting organizers the flexibility to manage which attendees have access to meeting artifacts such as transcript, recording, AI-generated recap, and Copilot. Meeting organizers can select from three options: (1) People with existing access, (2) Organizers and Co-organizers, or (3) Specific People.

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While we don’t know how exactly users are going to access these meeting artifacts, the capability itself could be quite useful in many situations.

From recapping information on yourself to going over a certain meeting, with a transcript at hand, to even checking out the recommendations given out by Copilot or the platform’s Intelligent Recap feature, the capability can be used to assert a certain presentation, or even make sure you don’t miss out important information that can be used in your benefit (such as a difficult conversation with a manager, or another employee over a Teams meeting).

However, it’s important to mention that only admins and managers will be able to decide who gets access to these artifacts, and they will be able to do so starting June 2024, according to the roadmap.

This new feature is just one of the many tailored for Teams admins and managers Microsoft has announced recently. For instance, earlier this week, the Redmond-based tech giant unveiled that Teams admins will be able to perform device management directly from the Teams Admin Center.