Products · Video conferencing · by Microsoft
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365 app for chat, calls, online meetings and webinars, with meeting recordings stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.
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What it does
Microsoft 365 app for chat, calls, online meetings and webinars, with meeting recordings stored in OneDrive or SharePoint.
Paraphrased from Microsoft Learn: users record Teams meetings, 1:1 calls, webinars and town halls. The product website URL above was not fetched.
Legal entity
Microsoft Corporation
SEC 10-K cover data (FY ended 2026-06-30). The contracting entity for EU customers (e.g. a regional Microsoft subsidiary) was not checked in this run.
Headquarters
US
Registrant address: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399.
Pricing from
Unknown
Teams compare-plans page returned HTTP 503. Plan names seen on Learn: Teams Enterprise, Teams Premium (licensing changed 2026-04-01). No prices read.
Jurisdiction fail
Contracting entity and ultimate parent
Microsoft Corporation (US)
10-K cover data: state of incorporation Washington. Publicly listed registrant; no parent named.
Foreign-law exposure fail
Based on the same ownership chain as jurisdiction.
Data residency unknown
EU storage by default
Unknown
EU Data Boundary commits to EU/EFTA datacenters (list includes Switzerland) for EU/EFTA tenants, so EU/EEA-only storage is not confirmed; default location for an EU tenant not sourced. Multi-Geo tenants excluded; federated chats may be stored outside.
EU processing by default
Unknown
EU Data Boundary covers processing in EU/EFTA (includes Switzerland), so EU/EEA-only is not confirmed. Listed exceptions: PSTN call IDs (3 days) and emergency-call numbers (60 min) in the US; Copilot may use US inference.
Regions
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Datacenter countries the EU Data Boundary 'uses or may use' (announced or operating). EU Data Boundary page text states Last updated February 26, 2025.
Subprocessors unknown
Public list
Unknown
Microsoft publishes an Online Services subprocessor list on its Service Trust Portal (seen in search results only). The portal page did not load as text, so it was not read.
Non-EU in core processing
Unknown
Subprocessor list not read. EU Data Boundary page lists by-design transfers outside the EU (Teams PSTN and emergency-call data, federated chat, Copilot inference); these are not a subprocessor list.
DPA pass
GDPR Art. 28 available
Yes
Microsoft states its GDPR Terms in the Products and Services DPA reflect Article 28 commitments, and are part of Volume Licensing agreements. DPA text itself was not read (index page only).
Lock-in unknown
Open source
Unknown
No statement found on the Learn pages read.
Self hostable
Unknown
No statement found on the Learn pages read; Teams is described as an online service.
Full data export
Unknown
GDPR page says admins can export personal data in machine-readable form via DSR tools; no Teams-wide export page read. Recordings are files in OneDrive or SharePoint.
Features not scored
Screen sharing
Yes
Content sharing is listed as a meeting and event control. Teams encryption page: screen sharing is supported, including in E2EE meetings (video-based sharing).
Recording
Yes
Recordings go to the organizer's OneDrive or the channel's SharePoint site. Not available in end-to-end encrypted meetings. Admin can switch recording off by policy.
Chat
Yes
Meeting chat modes: enabled, disabled, limited (during the call only). Encryption page: chat messages use standard encryption, not E2EE.
Breakout rooms
Yes
Graph property allowBreakoutRooms. Breakout rooms are unavailable in end-to-end encrypted meetings.
Webinars
Yes
Teams events: interactive webinars up to 1,000 attendees with Teams Enterprise; larger town halls up to 10,000 view-only; more with an Attendee Capacity Pack.
Guest access
Yes
Admins control anonymous participants joining meetings; events can include guests and external presenters. Limits depend on tenant policy.
End-to-end encryption
Yes
Optional: meeting organizers need Teams Premium (attendees do not). Desktop, mobile and Teams Rooms only (not web); max 200 participants. Disables recording, captions, breakout rooms, PSTN dial-in. Chat is not covered.
API
Yes
Microsoft Graph onlineMeeting API (v1.0): create, get, update meetings; list recordings and transcripts. Requires a bearer token. Live events API retired 2024-09-30.
What changed
- 2026-10-17 Data residency: EU means EU/EEA; Switzerland and UK do not count
- 2026-10-17 Research: Microsoft Teams (vendor and product, for comparison)
Every change to these facts is kept in version history. Each one was reviewed before publishing.