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Teams: "what did I miss?" — catching up mid-meeting

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Teams: "what did I miss?" — catching up mid-meeting

How Copilot answers What did I miss when you join a Teams meeting late, what it reads, and how it differs from the full meeting recap.

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Good to know

Answers instantly from the meeting's live transcript, not a recording you'd have to watch back.

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Good to know

Needs transcription running in the meeting and a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence.

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Good to know

The summary is private to you — nobody else sees that you asked.

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Does What did I miss work in every meeting?

It needs Copilot for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing and, in most tenants, transcription turned on for the meeting — the organiser or presenter needs to have started transcription, and depending on tenant policy that ma…

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Can I use it after the meeting ends, not just while joining late?

The prompt is built for catching up mid-meeting, but the same underlying transcript is what powers the after-meeting recap, so a similar summary is available once the meeting has finished even if you missed it entirely.

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Does it work on a call with no transcript?

No. Without a transcript running, Copilot has nothing to summarise — the feature depends on the meeting's transcript, not audio it processes itself in real time for this purpose.

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Will people know I asked what I missed?

No, the summary is generated privately for you; it doesn't post a message to the meeting chat or notify other attendees.

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