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A guest user cannot access a private Teams channel they were invited to. What is the likely cause?
Answer: Private channels do not support guest access
Private channels in Microsoft Teams do not support guest user access; only internal org members can be added to private channels.
A user's outbound calls show their number as 'Unknown' to recipients. What should you configure?
Answer: Caller ID policy in Teams admin center
The Caller ID policy in the Teams admin center controls what phone number or name is presented to the recipient of outbound calls.
Users who are allowed to create Microsoft 365 groups are subject to restriction by a prepaway company. In the Microsoft Teams app, a user complains that they are unable to form new teams. You must make sure the user has the ability to create teams. What ought you to do?
Answer: Add the user to a security group.
If a company restricts who can create Microsoft 365 groups (which are the foundation for Microsoft Teams), users must be members of a specific security group that has been granted this permission. To enable the user to create new teams, the administrator must add the user to this authorized security group. This ensures compliance with the company's group creation policies.
A company wants to prevent Teams users from sharing their screen during meetings with external participants. Which Teams policy controls this behavior?
Answer: Meeting policy - Screen sharing mode
The 'Screen sharing mode' setting within Teams meeting policies controls who can share their screen and with whom during meetings.
A Teams administrator receives reports that external users cannot be added to a Teams channel. What setting should be verified in the Teams Admin Center?
Answer: Guest access is enabled at the organization level
Guest access must be enabled at the tenant/organization level in Teams Admin Center before external users can be added to any team.
Where are Teams meeting recordings stored by default in Microsoft 365?
Answer: OneDrive for Business (organizer's)
By default, Teams meeting recordings are saved to the organizer's OneDrive for Business after the new recording storage model rollout.
A user is unable to record a Teams meeting. The record button is grayed out. The user has a Microsoft 365 Business Standard license. What is the first thing to check?
Answer: Whether the meeting recording policy allows recording for that user
Meeting recording is controlled by the meeting recording policy (AllowCloudRecording setting); if disabled for the user, the record button will be unavailable.
Which Microsoft Purview feature detects sensitive information shared in Teams messages?
Answer: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy
DLP policies for Teams inspect messages for sensitive information types like credit card numbers and can block or warn users in real time.
What is the purpose of an Information Barrier policy in Teams?
Answer: Prevent specific user groups from communicating with each other
Information Barrier policies in Microsoft 365 prevent communication between defined user segments, such as different business units with compliance requirements.
During a Teams meeting, a presenter's shared PowerPoint slides appear blurry to attendees. The presenter's own view is sharp. What is the most likely cause?
Answer: Low network bandwidth on the attendees' side is causing Teams to reduce video quality
Teams dynamically adjusts screen share resolution based on available bandwidth; blurry content for attendees typically indicates insufficient download bandwidth on their end.
A user reports that Teams is consuming excessive CPU and RAM on their laptop. Which action is most likely to resolve the performance issue without losing functionality?
Answer: Disable hardware acceleration in Teams settings
Disabling hardware acceleration in Teams settings reduces GPU/CPU load for users experiencing high resource consumption on certain hardware configurations.
A user reports that their camera works in other apps but not in Teams. What is the first step?
Answer: Check Windows Camera Privacy settings
Windows Camera Privacy settings can block specific apps from accessing the camera even if the camera works system-wide.
What is the effect of setting 'TeamsOnly' upgrade mode for a user?
Answer: All chats, calls, and meetings use Teams; Skype for Business is disabled
TeamsOnly mode routes all incoming chats, calls, and meeting scheduling through Teams, and Skype for Business functionality is disabled for that user.
You are the owner of a group with three standard channels. The group has been eliminated. You must find the files from each of the three channels. In which location should you visit to find the files?
Answer: The tenant’s SharePoint home page recycle bin.
When a Microsoft 365 group (which underlies a Team) is deleted, its associated SharePoint site, where all channel files are stored, is also deleted. These deleted SharePoint sites and their contents are moved to the SharePoint tenant's recycle bin, also known as the site collection recycle bin or the tenant's SharePoint home page recycle bin. From there, the site and its files can be restored.
A user reports that calls from specific countries are being blocked. Which feature is responsible?
Answer: Outbound calling restrictions in Teams calling policy
Outbound calling restrictions in the Teams calling policy can block calls to specific country categories such as premium or international numbers.
What maximum number of attendees does a Teams live event support?
Answer: 10,000
Teams live events support up to 10,000 attendees in a standard configuration, with extended limits available for large events.
What minimum upload bandwidth is recommended per user for HD video in Teams meetings?
Answer: 1.5 Mbps
Microsoft recommends 1.5 Mbps upload bandwidth per user to support HD video in Teams meetings.
A user reports choppy audio in Teams meetings only when screen sharing is active. What is the likely cause?
Answer: CPU resource contention during screen capture
Screen sharing is CPU-intensive; when combined with audio encoding, resource contention can cause choppy audio on low-spec machines.
An organization uses Direct Routing for Teams Phone. A user reports they cannot make outbound calls to certain international numbers. What should be checked first?
Answer: The Session Border Controller (SBC) dial plan and PSTN usage policies
With Direct Routing, outbound call restrictions are governed by the SBC configuration and PSTN usage policies assigned to the user's voice routing policy.
Which policy controls whether external users can join Teams meetings without being admitted from the lobby?
Answer: AutoAdmittedUsers in meeting policy
The AutoAdmittedUsers setting in the Teams meeting policy determines which users can bypass the lobby and join directly.
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