“We need transcripts for accessibility, but we can’t record these meetings.”
For the above question, there was no strong answer/solution. Because Teams has been forcing us to choose: transcription + recording together, or neither.
For regulated industries (finance, legal, healthcare), this creates an impossible dilemma:
- Enable transcripts for accessibility and AI insights, OR
- Disable both to protect sensitive client and patient data
It’s inflexible and frustrating. Now: ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ “๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ” ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
- โ Meeting organizers can auto-start transcription without creating a recording
- โ Still capture the full transcript for accessibility, Copilot insights, and Intelligent Recap
- โ No recording artifact stored, suitable for compliance-heavy environments
- โ Admins control access via AllowTranscription policy (assignable by group)
The technical beauty here is granularity. We donโt need to force a binary choice anymore. Transcripts and recordings are now separate levers.
Make sure transcription is enabled in meeting policies โ otherwise, users wonโt see this option.