The recording of a meeting is uploaded to the OneDrive of the organizer of the meeting, and to SharePoint for a meeting in a channel.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams recording to file in English
Microsoft Teams recording to file in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the Microsoft Teams stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into file
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Take the file from OneDrive
The recording is uploaded to the OneDrive of the organizer of the meeting, or to SharePoint for a meeting in a channel
- 2
Upload the file
The file of the Microsoft Teams recording is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is English, and the minutes comes back in the export of the service.
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Ask the written instruction for the minutes
The instruction of the task asks for the minutes and puts the answer about the Microsoft Teams recording into the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
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Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Microsoft Teams recording is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the minutes.
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Check the file before the upload
The recording is indexed by the search of Microsoft 365 and is added to the lists of shared files, of the recommended files and of the recent files
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What Microsoft Teams keeps, and what it says about it
The recording is linked in the chat of the meeting and is shown in the Recordings and Transcripts tab of the meeting in the Teams calendar.
The recording of an event is published as a video on demand, and an event is recorded by default.
The recording of a meeting can get an automatic transcription, so the recording is played back with closed captions and the transcript is read next to it.
The files of a recording are stored the same way as any other file of OneDrive, and the permissions of OneDrive apply to them.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
The recording is linked in the chat of the meeting and is shown in the Recordings and Transcripts tab of the meeting in the Teams calendar. the Microsoft Teams is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the minutes are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
Read the sections of the minutes before you send it on.
The language of the widget is the language of the Microsoft Teams recording.
Check who may download the file of the Microsoft Teams recording.
The external participants cannot record a meeting; the exception is a third-party compliance recording.
The organizer and the person who starts the recording both need the permission to record.
Questions about Microsoft Teams recording and file
What does the Microsoft Teams keep for the Microsoft Teams recording?
The recording of an event is published as a video on demand, and an event is recorded by default. The file of the Microsoft Teams recording is the input of the engine, and the minutes is written from it.
What does the Microsoft Teams say about the Microsoft Teams recording?
The external participants cannot record a meeting; the exception is a third-party compliance recording. The engine reads the English speech of the Microsoft Teams recording and writes the minutes from that text.
How is the minutes built from the Microsoft Teams recording?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; every line comes from the transcript of the Microsoft Teams recording.
Is there a limit to the length of the Microsoft Teams recording?
One file of the Microsoft Teams recording may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Microsoft Teams recording?
Bring the file of the Microsoft Teams recording to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the minutes with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on teams meeting recording to text video to blog post ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting minutes ready to fileThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
- Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- LMicrosoft Learn: manage Teams recording policies for meetings and events (read 2026-10-25)learn.microsoft.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps