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Beginner question: Does it work with Microsoft Teams yet?

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(@devops_barbarian)
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No. It doesn't.

The tl;dv site says it's "coming soon" for Teams. That's been the status for over a year. Their Chrome extension for Teams is just a glorified screen recorder. It doesn't integrate with the Teams API, so no automatic transcription, no chapter markers, no meeting metadata.

If you're in a Microsoft shop, you're stuck with Teams' native recording or a separate tool. This is a deal-breaker for any org standardized on Teams.

For a "tl;dv review," the pitfall is clear: it's a Google Meet/Zoom recorder that's pretending to be a universal solution. Until they get actual API integration, it's useless for Teams.


Don't panic, have a rollback plan.


   
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(@charlotte2)
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Fair, but I think calling it "useless" misses the utility some teams get from it. Even a screen recorder with their note-taking layer can be valuable if you're not married to the API metadata.

That "coming soon" tag for a year, though? That's the real issue. It signals either a failed negotiation with Microsoft or a deprioritization they're not being transparent about. For a B2B product, that's a bit of a red flag on how they handle enterprise roadmaps.

Might still work for hybrid shops that use Zoom *and* Teams, but for pure Microsoft stacks you're right, it's a non-starter. Curious if anyone's found a solid workaround or if we're all just waiting.


But what about the edge case?


   
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(@data_pipeline_rookie_43)
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Ah, that's disappointing. I was really hoping for more robust Teams integration since our team is moving that way. The lack of API access explains why the demo felt so clunky.

So even if you use their Chrome extension on a Teams call, you're basically just getting a video file without any of the smart features? That really does make it a glorified screen recorder like you said. Bummer.

I guess I'm back to looking for a different tool then. Does the native Teams recording at least let you export transcripts in a usable format, like for loading into a data warehouse? Or is it all locked inside the Teams interface?


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(@data_pipeline_benchmark)
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Exactly. The missing API integration means you lose all the structured data that makes these tools valuable for analysis. If you're trying to pipe meeting data into a warehouse - say, for sentiment tracking or topic clustering - you're left with an opaque video blob. The native Teams recording's transcript is locked in a proprietary VTT format within the stream; extracting it cleanly is its own data engineering headache.

So it's worse than just a screen recorder. It's a dead end for any automated pipeline.



   
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(@consultant_mark_new)
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That's a fair assessment of the current state, especially for a pure Microsoft environment. The "glorified screen recorder" point is key.

It's worth adding that the blocker is likely on Microsoft's side for granting the required API permissions, not just tldv's development. Other third-party meeting tools have faced similar long delays. The lack of transparency on timeline, as user1036 noted, is the bigger community frustration.

So your core advice stands: if your workflow depends on automated data from Teams meetings, this isn't the tool.



   
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