(Updated) Microsoft Teams: AI-powered notes for in-person meetings with Facilitator in Teams Rooms on Android

Updated September 24, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

To support more effective in-person collaboration, Microsoft Teams is expanding AI-powered meeting notes with the Facilitator agent to Teams Rooms on Android. This enhancement allows teams meeting in a physical room to capture real-time notes, decisions, and action items—without requiring a scheduled or hybrid meeting. The experience is designed to ensure notes are securely stored in your tenant while no data remains on the room device after the meeting ends.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 56700.

When this will happen

General Availability

• Worldwide and GCC: We will begin rolling out in early November 2026 (previously late October) expect to complete by early December 2026 (previously mid-November).

How this affects your organization

Who is affected

• Organizations using Teams Rooms on Android
• Rooms licensed with Teams Rooms Pro

What will happen

• During an in-person meeting, users can start AI-powered notes by selecting the Take notes button on the Teams Rooms console.
• Notes appear on the front-of-room display or touch board during the meeting: 
• Notes are stored in tenant-owned SharePoint embedded storage.
• Access to notes requires adding your work account using the Access notes button on the Teams Rooms console.
• After the meeting, notes can be viewed and edited by participants with access via the meeting recap in the meeting chat on the Teams desktop client.
• If no participant was added during the note-taking session via Access notes, notes are deleted automatically.

Default state:

• The feature is available automatically once licensing and prerequisite configurations are met.
• No additional admin enablement is required beyond existing settings.

What you can do to prepare

No immediate action is required if your organization already meets the prerequisites.

To prepare:

• Confirm Teams Rooms Pro licenses are assigned to applicable rooms.
• Ensure Facilitatoris enabled in your tenant.
• Verify Loop components are enabled:
  • IsLoopEnabled
  • IsCollabMeetingNotesFluidEnabled
• Ensure meeting transcription is enabled in Teams meeting policies.
• Consider notifying helpdesk staff and users about:
  • How to start notes in an in-person meeting
  • Where notes are stored and accessed after the meeting

Learn more:

• Allow Facilitator in the Teams admin center - Set up Facilitator in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
• Meetings - Admins- Manage transcription and captions for Teams meetings | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
• Settings management for Loop functionality in Teams - Admin policies for Loop components and Loop workspaces | Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

Compliance considerations

QuestionAnswerDoes the change store new customer data, and if so, where, and is the data cached or permanently stored?Yes. Meeting notes generated by Facilitator are stored in tenant‑owned SharePoint Embedded storage. No meeting data is stored or cached on the Teams Rooms device after the meeting ends.Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed (for example, documents, emails, or chats)?Yes. Meeting audio and transcription data are processed to generate AI‑powered meeting notes, including summaries, decisions, and action items. Access to the notes occurs through the meeting recap in the meeting chat on Teams desktop client.Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data?Yes. The Facilitator agent uses AI to generate real‑time meeting notes, summaries, decisions, and action items based on in‑person meeting content.Does the change provide users a new way of interacting with generative AI, and if so, how?Yes. Users can initiate AI‑generated meeting notes during an in‑person meeting by selecting “Take notes” on the Teams Rooms console.Does the change include an admin control, and can it be controlled through tenant configuration?Yes. Availability of the feature depends on existing tenant settings, including Teams Rooms Pro licensing, Facilitator enablement, Loop component settings, and meeting transcription policies.