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jmb-7317 asked KokYanLo-1245 commented

Window Sharing in Teams Linux

I have migrated to using Linux full time and while Teams under Linux is "good", it does not support "Window Sharing" (only screen sharing).
I have 2x 4x Screens, so "Screen Sharing" does not work very well.
Is the "Window Sharing" on the roadmap and I need to be patient? Or it will never happen and I need to find another solution?

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JimmyYang-MSFT answered JimmyYang-MSFT commented

@jmb-7317!

I did a test in my labor and indeed we cannot use Window sharing in Teams for Linux now. You can find the evidence here.

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For your reference, you can learn it from:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-content-in-a-meeting-in-teams-fcc2bf59-aecd-4481-8f99-ce55dd836ce8?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us




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@jmb-7317!

Is there any update on this case?

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@jmb-7317

Is there any update on this case?

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LeonLaude answered

Hi @jmb-7317,

As far as I know there's no official information of the Window sharing being on the roadmap as of today, but this is a highly voted feature over at the Microsoft Teams uservoice, it is likely that this feature will be coming in the future due to so many votes.

For now I suggest you follow up the feedback in the uservoice page below, you may also give it a vote, the more votes the higher the chance of Microsoft implementing this.

Here's the uservoice link:
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/40324324-keep-the-linux-client-up-to-date-with-the-latest-f


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Best regards,
Leon

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PascalCotret-9927 answered

Still no news?
The only trick I've found is to use an Electron wrapper found in this snap?
https://snapcraft.io/teams-for-linux

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SvenHartrumpf-2749 answered

Problem still present in Teams version 1.3.00.30857

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HCSaustrup-8190 answered KokYanLo-1245 commented

I second this! Sharing an entire ultrawide monitor is a terrible experience for everyone, when all you need to share is a single browser window.

Please fix this!

Fedora 33 with Gnome on X.Org
Teams Version 1.3.00.30857 (64-bit)

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I managed to sort-of work-around this with xrandr sharing a static portion of my monitor:

Let's say I'd like to share the top right quarter of my 4k monitor:
```
xrandr --setmonitor CAST-1 1920/299x1080/168+1920+0 none
```

That will create a virtual display which we can then select in Teams to share.

To clean-up:
```
xrandr --delmonitor CAST-1
```

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StanislavPanchenko-9382 answered StanislavPanchenko-9382 published

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (kernel 5.8.0-44-generic, Wayland is disabled), Microsoft Teams Version 1.4.00.4855,

I had the same problem until I uninstalled the proprietary Nvidia driver. I am currently using the open-source "xserver-xorg-video-nouveau". No more issues with screen sharing.



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BruceWayne-0038 answered

A workaround would be to use something like OBS studio to create a virtual camera that captures the window you would like to share. So instead of sharing your screen, you would be changing your camera to being the OBS virtual camera.


  1. Install OBS studio by following the instructions here:https://obsproject.com/

  2. Launch OBS studio. If launching for the first time, it will ask you how you want to use OBS studio. I selected the virtual cam option.

  3. In the sources menu at the bottom mid-left, click on + and select "window capture".

  4. Next in the menu that appears, select add new.

  5. In the window drop down, select the window you want to share.

  6. Click ok, you should now see your window in the OBS display.

  7. In the bottom right control panel, click on start virtual camera.

  8. In teams select virtual camera as your camera: this should work.


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