Microsoft Teams: Press to unmute
This feature will begin rolling out to Standard and GCC environments in late December and expect the rollout to be completed by early January.
This feature will begin rolling out in the GCC-H and DoD environments in mid January and expect the rollout to be completed by early February.
“Keyboard shortcut to unmute” will be automatically enabled for users unless they choose to disable. The shortcut uses different sets of keys for Windows and Mac. Each user can enable this from user Settings by going to the Privacy section.
How to enable:
- Go to Settings > Privacy tab. Check if “Keyboard shortcut to unmute” is enabled.
- Join a call or a meeting. Mute yourself.
- On Windows press and hold Ctrl+Space and on macOS press and hold Option+Space. You will see an alert regarding temporary unmute.
- Release key combination. Microphone will be muted again.
Known limitations: Shortcuts in general do not work when apps in meetings are in focus.