The bullets listed below are different options available for improving the performance of Microsoft Teams on your Windows computer. Each bulleted item can be done independently from the other bullets.

• Disable GPU hardware acceleration in Teams. 

  1. In Teams, click on the Ellipsis (…) next to your name and college (upper right corner), and click on Settings.

  2. Under General, check the box Disable GPU hardware acceleration.

  3. You will need to completely close Teams and restart the application for this to take effect.

• Disable Teams add-ins for Outlook.

  1. In Outlook, choose File and then Options.

  2. Select the Add-ins tab of Outlook Options dialog box.

  3. Confirm that Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list. 

  4. If the Teams Meeting Add-in is listed in the Active Application Add-ins list, select Disabled Items in Manage and then select Go...

  5. Set the checkbox next to Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office.

  6. Choose OK on all dialog boxes and restart Outlook. 

• Close any applications or browsers that you aren't using.

• Clear Teams cache.

  1. We are working on an application for automating this. 

• Update Teams to the most current version.  

  1. This can be done by signing out of and restarting Teams.

  2. Alternatively, in Teams you can click on the Ellipsis (…) and then click on Check for Updates. Teams may need to restart following this.

• Turn off video.

  1. To turn off your own video, select Turn camera off in the meeting controls.

  2. To turn off incoming video, select More actions > Turn off incoming video in the meeting controls.

• Restart your computer.