Yes. Microsoft Teams uses your camera and microphone for calls and requests Screen Recording so you can present your screen. It does not normally need Accessibility or Full Disk Access. These permissions are expected for Teams' meeting features. To check on your Mac, open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and review the Camera, Microphone, Screen & System Audio Recording, Accessibility, and Full Disk Access lists for Microsoft Teams.
Video Conferencing
Yes. Microsoft Teams uses your camera and microphone for calls and requests Screen Recording so you can present your screen. It does not normally need Accessibility or Full Disk Access. These permissions are expected for Teams' meeting features.
“Used” = needed for a core feature · “Optional” = only for a specific feature · “No” = not normally requested
Camera and mic power video meetings; Screen Recording enables screen sharing/presenting. Teams keeps a background helper running for notifications, which is normal.
Teams is often installed by an employer's device-management profile, which can add monitoring beyond the app's own permissions — see our guide on employer monitoring. If this is a personal Mac, revoke screen access when you're not presenting.
Teams itself only captures your screen when you share it. However, a managed work Mac may have separate monitoring software installed via a device-management profile — that's independent of Teams.
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