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How to Request Control in Teams?

Updated on:
May 8, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to enable participant control requests in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Quick summary

This demo walks you through how to request control in Microsoft Teams by configuring your meeting policies. Admins can enable the setting that allows participants to give or request control directly from the Teams admin center.


Steps

  1. Click on Meetings in the Microsoft Teams admin center navigation menu.
  2. Click on Meeting policies to open the policy configuration settings.
  3. Enable the Allow a participant to give or request control toggle to activate screen control sharing permissions.

📌 Why this matters

Enabling the ability to request control in Microsoft Teams meetings is essential for effective remote collaboration and IT administration. This meeting policy setting allows participants to seamlessly transfer or request screen control during live calls, reducing friction in support sessions, training, and co-working scenarios. Teams admins who configure this setting ensure that users can collaborate more fluidly without relying on workarounds. Properly managing meeting control policies helps organizations maintain both productivity and governance over shared screen interactions.
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