{
  "slug": "microsoft-teams",
  "name": "Microsoft Teams",
  "maker": "Microsoft",
  "category": "calls",
  "verdict": "n",
  "answer": "No. Microsoft can read calls, meetings and recordings on personal Teams accounts. End-to-end encryption is only for work and school accounts, when an admin allows it.",
  "title": "Is Microsoft Teams encrypted? Calls, meetings, recordings",
  "description": "Microsoft can read personal Teams calls, meetings and recordings. End-to-end encryption is only for one-to-one calls on work accounts, if an admin allows it.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "call",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Microsoft can read it",
      "note": "End-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls is only for work and school accounts, and only if an admin allows it.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        3
      ],
      "label": "One-to-one calls"
    },
    {
      "key": "people",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Microsoft can read it",
      "note": "Group calls can't be end-to-end encrypted at all, and scheduled meetings need Teams Premium on a business plan for it.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Group calls"
    },
    {
      "key": "video",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Microsoft can read it",
      "note": "Microsoft says recordings, transcripts and meeting recaps are never end-to-end encrypted.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Recordings"
    },
    {
      "key": "pq",
      "status": "x",
      "words": "Not yet",
      "note": "No post-quantum protection for Teams calls or meetings announced as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [],
      "label": "Post-quantum"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Microsoft, on personal accounts.",
  "can_see": "Your calls, chats, meetings and recordings, plus who you contacted and when, which Microsoft's privacy statement calls traffic data.",
  "business": "On business plans, admins can let people turn on end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls, and Teams Premium adds it for scheduled meetings.",
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": "For anything private, call on an app that seals calls by default, like FaceTime, Signal or WhatsApp.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "is-teams-end-to-end-encrypted",
      "q": "Is Microsoft Teams end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "Not by default. Teams encrypts calls and chats on the way and in Microsoft's data centers, with keys Microsoft manages [1]. End-to-end encryption is an extra option for one-to-one calls and, with Teams Premium, scheduled meetings [1].\n\nMicrosoft says end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls is available to commercial Teams users, and an admin has to allow it first [1][2]. Personal Teams accounts don't get it, as of 25 October 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "turn-on-teams-e2ee",
      "q": "How do I turn on end-to-end encryption in Teams?",
      "a": "On a work or school account whose admin allows it, open Settings › Privacy on a computer, or Settings › Calling on your phone, and turn on End-to-end encrypted calls [3]. Both people have to turn it on, and you can check that the code shown in the call matches [3].\n\nRecording, live captions, transcription and adding people don't work in those calls [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-microsoft-see-teams-recordings",
      "q": "Can Microsoft see my Teams recordings?",
      "a": "Yes. Microsoft's encryption page says meeting recordings, transcripts and recaps get standard encryption only, never end-to-end encryption [1]. Features like Copilot in meetings and recaps need Microsoft's service to see the content, which is why they're switched off in end-to-end encrypted meetings [1][2].\n\nMicrosoft's privacy statement says it also collects traffic data from its communication services, including whom you contacted and when [4]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Encryption in Microsoft Teams",
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-encryption",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Manage end-to-end encryption for Microsoft Teams meetings and one-to-one calls",
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-end-to-end-encryption",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Use end-to-end encryption for Microsoft Teams calls",
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-end-to-end-encryption-for-microsoft-teams-calls-1274b4d2-b5c5-4b24-a376-606fa6728a90",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Microsoft Privacy Statement",
      "publisher": "Microsoft",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "zoom",
    "google-meet",
    "outlook",
    "facetime"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/microsoft-teams/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}