Live event recording policies in Microsoft Teams

Article
01/16/2024
Applies to:

Microsoft Teams

Note

Teams live events will be deprecated on September 30, 2024. We recommend that you use town halls instead. For details, see Plan for Teams town halls.

You have several options for recording a Microsoft Teams live event. The recording options are set using recording policies. This article describes the various settings.

The recording options are set using the PowerShell command Set-CsTeamsMeetingBroadcastPolicy.

Scheduling and option behaviors

There are two organizer options while scheduling a live event recording:

Recording available for producers and presenters
- Recording file: Provides a recording file that producers and presenters can download after the event is over.
Recording available for attendees
- DVR: A digital video recorder (DVR) allows attendees to rewind and pause during the event
- VOD: A video on demand (VOD) allows attendees to watch after the event is over

Broadcast recording policy setting

As part of the broadcast policy, there's a setting that you can toggle to turn recording on or off for a live event.

	Recording available for producers and presenters	Recording available for attendees
Always record	Disabled and selected	Enabled and selected
Organizer can record or not	Enabled and selected by default	Enabled and selected by default
Never record	Disabled and not selected	Disabled and not selected

Storage and persistence behavior

Option	State	DVR	VOD	Recording
Recording available for attendees	Selected	DVR is available and the Azure Media Services (AMS) asset is stored for 180 days	Attendee can access and watch the event
	Not Selected	DVR is available and the AMS asset is stored for 180 days	Attendee won't get access into the event after it's over
	Disabled (Not selected)	DVR is available and the AMS asset is deleted after the event	Attendee won't get access into the event after it's over
Recording available to producers and presenters	Selected			An MP4 is created and stored for 180 days
	Not Selected			No file is created