MacOS Catalina and Teams Screen Sharing

Anonymous
2019-10-08T22:15:11+00:00

I updated to MacOS Catalina and now I cannot share my app screens. I can share my desktop, but that is all others can see.

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Anonymous
2019-10-09T01:10:02+00:00

Found it.

System Preferences

Security & Privacy

Privacy

Screen Recording

My system had an entry (unchecked) for Microsoft teams. I think it asked me as I was launching but I blew by it. Not sure how you'd add it if it's not there. You just have to turn it on, and Teams screen sharing will work.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T16:16:27+00:00

    Thanks everyone for the suggestion of using 'windowed' mode (i.e. not full screen), but this does not work for me (Catalina 10.15.2 and up to date MS Teams)

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T15:31:51+00:00

    Hi, there are two solutions (one is a workaround) posted here.  Did either of these work for you?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T15:24:35+00:00

    Please resolve the issue. Not able to work with this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T14:45:23+00:00

    Hi

    I found an interesting workaround -

    If my teams is windowed then I always get the following

    "We need permission to share your screen Go to Security & Privacy"

    But in full screen mode, it appears to work.

    same session - just go to full screen and it works, go back to windowed mode and it stops working...

    I just started having this issue in MacOS 10.15.3 Beta (19D75a).  I found that taking Teams from full screen to windowed allowed me to share my desktop.  Very strange.

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