M365 Changelog: (Updated) Content Camera on New Teams

MC710415 – Updated February 16, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Content camera support will be available on the new Teams app experience for Windows and MacOS. Content camera enables remote attendees to get a clear view of physical objects like whiteboards, printed documents, books, and more that are in a meeting room. Content camera intelligently detects, crops and frames the in-room object and shares its content with remote meeting participants. Even when a presenter moves in front of it, for example the whiteboard, remote participants will be able to see the content right through them.

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When this will happen:

Target release: Microsoft will begin rolling out in late February 2024 (previously early February) and expects to complete roll out by mid-March 2024 (previously mid-February).

Standard Release and GCC: Microsoft will begin rolling out in early-March 2024 and expects to complete rollout by mid-March 2024.

GCC-High: Microsoft will begin rolling out in mid-April 2024 and expects to complete rollout by late April 2024.

DoD: Microsoft will begin rolling out in mid-May 2024 and expects to complete rollout by late May 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

The content camera feature will be available to everyone in your organization, and it is supported on Windows and MacOS client.

How to enable this feature:

• Make sure you have a Built-in or USB-connected camera (specifically a document camera if you’re sharing something on a table, desk, or other flat surface)

Share a whiteboard using your camera:

• For this setup, Microsoft recommend you use a laptop with a built-in or USB-connected camera.
• Start the meeting.
• Click on “Share” button on meeting tool bar
• Select Content from camera and choose Whiteboard.
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• Using the preview screen to guide you, point your camera towards the whiteboard.
• Place the camera about 3-4 feet away and center it with the whiteboard as much as you can.
• When the camera detects the whiteboard, it automatically puts it into focus.
• Select Share.
• Everyone in the meeting gets a focused, clear view of the whiteboard.
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Share a document using your camera:

• For this setup, Microsoft recommend you use a USB-connected document camera.
• Start the meeting.
• Click on “Share” button on meeting tool bar.
• Select Content from camera and choose Document.
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• Using the preview screen to guide you, place your camera above the document.
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• When the camera detects the document, it automatically puts it into focus.
• Select Share.
• Everyone in the meeting gets a focused, clear view of the document.
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What you need to do to prepare:

You may want to update your training materials indicating that this feature is now supported on the new Teams client.

Please keep in mind the following dependencies and limits:

• Blackboards currently aren’t supported. 
• Users can only share one video stream: Presenter’s face (via Me Video) or Camera content share. If the user enables sharing via Content Camera, the Me Video stream will be disabled.