Where are my Teams recorded videos located?
I’ve been recording important meetings in Microsoft Teams for the past month, and now I need to access those recordings for a quarterly report. I’ve looked in the meeting chat, but some recordings seem to be missing. I’m not sure if they’re stored in OneDrive, SharePoint, or somewhere else entirely. How can I consistently find all my Microsoft Teams recording locations across different meeting types?
Understanding Teams recording storage challenges
Microsoft Teams recordings are stored in different locations depending on various factors, including your organization’s policies, the type of meeting, and when the recording was made. This inconsistency often leads to confusion when trying to locate important recorded content. Microsoft has also changed its storage approach over time, moving from Stream (Classic) to OneDrive and SharePoint, making it essential to understand where your teams recorded videos might be located based on when they were created.
Finding Teams recordings across multiple storage locations
Microsoft Teams recordings are stored in different locations depending on various factors, including your organization’s policies, the type of meeting, and when the recording was made. This inconsistency often leads to confusion when trying to locate important recorded content. For better organization, you can access the Teams recording folder location directly and create a systematic filing structure.
This guide will help you locate your Microsoft Teams recordings regardless of where they’re stored. We’ll cover how to find recordings in meeting chats, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Stream (Classic). You’ll also learn about the transition from Stream to cloud storage and how recording retention policies might affect your ability to access older content.
How to locate Microsoft Teams recorded meetings?
Checking the meeting chat for recent Teams recordings
- After a meeting ends, the recording typically appears automatically in the meeting chat, making this the easiest place to find recent Teams recorded videos.
- For scheduled meetings, return to the calendar event in Teams, open the meeting, and look for the recording link in the meeting chat section.
- Teams adds a notification when the recording is ready, which includes a direct link to view or download the recording file.
- For recurring meetings, check the specific meeting instance chat as each recording will appear in its corresponding meeting occurrence.
- If you’re using the mobile app, tap on the meeting in your calendar and scroll through the chat to find the recording link.
Find Teams recordings in OneDrive and SharePoint
- For one-on-one and small group meetings, recordings are stored in the “Recordings” folder within the meeting organizer’s OneDrive account.
- Navigate to OneDrive through the Microsoft 365 app launcher or directly at onedrive.com and search for the “Recordings” folder.
- For channel meetings, recordings are saved in the “Documents” library of the SharePoint site associated with that specific Teams channel.
- To access channel recordings, open the channel, click the “Files” tab at the top, and look for a “Recordings” folder where teams channel recording locations are centralized.
- Use the search function in OneDrive or SharePoint with keywords like “recording” or the meeting name to quickly locate specific recordings.
Locate older Teams recordings in Stream (Classic)
- For recordings made before the transition to OneDrive/SharePoint storage (before January 2021), check Microsoft Stream (Classic).
- Access Stream at web.microsoftstream.com or through the Microsoft 365 app launcher.
- Use the search bar at the top to search for keywords related to your meeting or click “My content” and then “Videos” to see recordings you own.
- Filter videos by date if you’re looking for a specific timeframe when teams recorded video might have been created.
- If you’re an admin, you can access organizational recordings by navigating to the groups or channels sections within Stream.
Note: After locating your recordings, it’s important to organize them properly. You can pin Teams folders to Quick Access for easier retrieval of frequently accessed recordings. This helps streamline your workflow and ensures important meeting content is always readily available.
Troubleshooting common Teams recording location issues
- If a recording doesn’t appear in the meeting chat, check if the processing is complete, which can take several minutes depending on the recording length and network conditions.
- When recordings aren’t showing in OneDrive, verify you have sufficient storage space, as recordings can be large files that might fail to save if your storage is full.
- For missing SharePoint recordings, ensure you have at least read permissions for the channel’s document library, as permission issues commonly prevent users from accessing teams channel recording locations.
- If recordings older than your organization’s retention policy timeframe are missing, contact your IT administrator, as they might have been automatically deleted according to compliance settings.
- When transitioning between different Microsoft accounts or tenants, recordings won’t transfer automatically, so download important recordings before changing organizational accounts.
Pro tip: Create a dedicated folder structure in your OneDrive to organize downloaded recordings by project, date, or topic for easier future reference.