Reduce background noise in Microsoft Teams meetings with Noise Suppression

A step-by-step video on how to reduce background noise in Microsoft Teams meetings with Noise Suppression. Noise Suppression in Microsoft Teams meetings has now rolled out and can help cut out or reduce background sounds coming through on your end of the meeting. Whether it is a vacuum cleaner or a barking dog, Microsoft Teams Noise Suppression is great for remote working and school. Noise Suppression in Teams is currently only available in windows Desktop.

In the near future, the Microsoft Teams Noise Suppression setting will also be available in the "..." | Device Settings area of the Meeting window as well, so you can change the Noise Suppression setting and remove background noise with Microsoft Teams in real-time.

🔇 Auto: Teams monitors the degree of audible background noise in a meeting and tunes suppression up or down to removes non-voice sounds like barking dogs or the rustling of papers. It can take a few seconds for it to kick in for loud noise
🔇 Low: Persistent background noise is suppressed, such as a computer or ceiling fan or air conditioner. Teams suggests that you use this setting when music is playing in the background.
🔇 High: Suppresses all background noise that Teams considers not to be speech.
🔇 Off: Noise suppression is disabled. Maybe you’re lucky enough to conduct meetings in low noise environments and can use this option.

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[stzxvkzzn]

Thanks! I work from home and never knew Teams could do this. Very impressive!

[jarrodlash]

Does it filter out farts and the toliet flushing?. Asking for a friend.

[Bismarck]

Thanks for this Mike. Just added this to our Teams learning channel so all our staff can now view and use this update. With everyone working from home due to Covid this will be invaluable.

[scienovation_files]

very much needed...specially in a country like our's where we have vendors every 5 minutes screaming to the top of their voices

[sunnysarah]

OMG this is a meeting changer when I have weekly grounds maintenance. Thank you!!

[pooja_n_shetty]

You saved me with this video. I can't stop my dog from barking he also has right to talk. I will definitely do this setting for my meetings 😅

[sashkashurik]

Love this new feature. It is really impressive!!!

BUT to make sure that all this is clear:
Noise suppression should be activated on the source of the noise not the destination?
Windows only ?
Is there a way to enforce noise suppression throughout the tenant or for a specific meeting? - students and teacher will not activate/change the settings themselves ...

What is the difference between the other two levels that are not shown in the demo:
- What does "automatic" do? how aggressive it is? will it block keyboard noises, paper sound etc.?
- How "Low" differs from automatic for the same noise tests?

For all of the above, how much more CPU power it will eat up? Especially in high setting?

[droptimistic]

Thank you I was going to search for AI tool to delete the noice, I just found your video, I hit subscribe as thank you, well I’ve not tested yet but I think you are a trusted person 🙂

[westeyes]

Thanks Mike! This is the most interesting feature since I using MS Teams for online teaching. Damn Microsoft! This feature is solid!

[romelcruz]

Would it also cancel out noise which are coming from people? Like people who are talking loudly on the background. Thanks in advance

[exergist]

Great demonstration video!!

Unrelated question: what software/method do you use to have your mouse pointer be highlighted in yellow?

[marianbreeze]

Tested it --- this might work with most dogs, but there seems to be a Coonhound exception. She was loud and clear, with noise suppression set on high.

[karenmbump]

Love this! Amazing. I wish I had noise suppression on my iPhone since I use that for meetings most of the time since I don't have high-speed Internet.

[sonpurkesone]

This is very interesting way of letting us know, really appreciate your effort

[Judson-ixgt]

@miketholfsen does this noise suppression work with using a headset or Apple AirPods (Pro 2)?

[YCN]

I going to test this!!! I am wondering what happen when we use jabra headphones, and we need to set up this for each meeting or can we set as default for all? thanks for sharing! you are funny!

[imfiver]

Now I know why when I played "name that tune" with co-workers, they could not hear a thing! But, I also would love to hear you play the guitars if you have a channel for that.

[mrcraven]

Great resource and video as usual. Bit disappointed that you didn't show off the low suppression by playing one of those guitars for us

[seagullgaming]

Thank you so much for testing this, had a good laugh with it as well haha.

[Joy_boy_Gomu]

Thanks for this video, does this work with headphones on?
I am travelling in indian train tomorrow.
Everything was planned until i just got to know that there is a delay in train so i have to attend the meetings in train! Hopefully this will help