How to share an app window on Microsoft Teams

During Teams calls and meetings, you can now share an app window, here’s how to do it in Windows 11.

From the taskbar, you can instantly share an application window in a Microsoft Teams conference or video chat in a Windows 11 system.
The functionality was created to facilitate document sharing without sharing the entire desktop and to avoid interrupting meeting activities.

The functionality is included in Windows 11 and works with any video conferencing platform, however, developers must build it into their applications.

We’ll go through a tutorial on how to share an app window on Microsoft Teams in this Windows 11 article.

How to split an application window into Microsoft Teams

On Windows 11, sharing the app windows is easy, but first, you need to make sure the feature is turned on.

Allow app window sharing

Follow these steps to enable app sharing during a team meeting.

Open the Settings menu.
Go to Personalization.
On the right side, select Taskbar.
To access the settings, go to the Taskbar behaviors area.
Check the box next to Share any window from the taskbar.

Once you’ve completed the steps, you’ll be able to share app content during a meeting or team call.

Share app windows on Microsoft Teams

Follow these steps to share an app window in Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams should be open.
Go to the Teams tab.
To start a video call, select a team and click Meet Now.
Instead of scheduling a meeting, you can click Calls and set up a video conference with another person.
To get started, click the Join Now button.
To join the meeting, open the app.
Hover over the app and select Share this window.
Click the Share button to confirm.
To stop a particular share, hover over the application and click the Stop Sharing icon or share another window.

Only that application window will be shared in the call after you complete the instructions.
You can even resize the window and the functionality will adjust to sharing only that app’s data.

If you’re presenting a PowerPoint slide show in full-screen mode, you can use your mouse to scroll to the bottom of the screen to get options to share another window or to stop sharing the current window.

Disable app window sharing in Microsoft Teams

Follow these steps to stop app window sharing.

Open the Settings menu.
Go to Personalization.
On the right side, select Taskbar.
To access the settings, go to the Taskbar behaviors area.
Uncheck the box next to the Share any window from the taskbar.

After completing the instructions, you will not be able to share a window during a Microsoft Teams conversation.