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No more “next slide please” with Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Live Presenter Mode

One of the great meeting features of Microsoft Teams is PowerPoint Live Presenter mode. For me, the killer feature is that anyone can “Take control” of presenting the deck seamlessly.

In my opinion, it really breaks the flow of a presentation for the presenter to keep prompting someone with “next slide please”. It became a running joke with the UK Government updates that they were constantly prompting for “next slide please”

PowerPoint Live Presenter Mode won’t be suitable for every meeting type, as you may not want everyone in the meeting to have the power to “take control” but for internal “All Hands” type meetings, where multiple presenters have a couple of slides each to present, each presenter can just “take control” in turn and drive the slides.

Using PowerPoint Live Presenter Mode

Firstly someone uploads the PowerPoint deck. Teams will show recent decks that the user has edited to make it easy to find the right deck to upload, but you can also browse OneDrive or the local computer.

The person uploading will be the initial “deck presenter”; they will initially have control to move the deck forward for everyone in the meeting

Presenter Options in PowerPoint Live Presenter Mode

The presenter gets a nice view of the overall deck and the current slide you are presenting. You will also see slide notes. This is so useful if you are presenting from a single screen. You can also see all the chat while presenting. This tight integration with PowerPoint is something that steps Microsoft Teams apart from other online meeting platforms.

You can also use the new “standout” mode (not sure about that name, I prefer “weatherman mode”) to appear over the slides which can help promote engagement. Note, standout mode person overlaid on the slides won’t come through on a recording, The recording will show normal bottom right video.

PowerPoint Live Attendee Features

Attendees can even personally move forwards and backwards in the deck, this is useful if they want to see what is coming up

the presenter can turn off this feature if they prefer

Attendees can also personally put the slides into “high contrast mode” for improved accessibility. This only affects their view of the slides.

“Take Control” – the “next slide please” killer

Often in meetings with multiple presenters, before PowerPoint Live, one person presents the deck for the whole meetings, probably via screen sharing, and as the current talker asks that person to move the slides forward; “Next slide please”. Saving the pain of one person screens sharing, then another, then another.

With PowerPoint Live, In the meeting, everyone other than the current person presenting the slides will see the slide the presenter is presenting, but they also have a “Take Control” button.

The person that presses that button then gets the presenter view and control, and the original presenter gets prompted that someone has taken over. They can see who took over as the current presenter is shown in the bottom left.

This allows seamless transfer of presenters with no interruption for the “viewers” of the presentation for a much slicker meeting.

See the banner prompt notifying the previous presenter that someone has taken over presenting and in the bottom left I can see it’s Tom Morgan now presenting

Note, PowerPoint Live won’t work well for meetings where presenters need to “screen share” outside of a single PowerPoint deck. If someone does drop the presentation to share their screen, or for any other reason, when the original deck uploader shares the deck again, it prompts them with the option to resume at the same point in the deck.

About the author

A Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, Tom Arbuthnot is Founder and Principal at Empowering.Cloud as well as a Solutions Director at Pure IP.

Tom stays up to date with industry developments and shares news and his opinions on his Tomtalks.blog, UC Today Microsoft Teams Podcast and email list. He is a regular speaker at events around the world.

How To Give Control in Teams to Switch Presenter

Microsoft Teams continues to add new features and ways to engage meeting attendees. Sometimes when you’re a presenter in a Teams meeting, you’ll want to allow someone else to present or give control to someone else in the meeting. We’ll run through the different ways to present and how to give control in Teams to someone else.

The information below applies to all Microsoft Teams meetings, including breakout sessions and webinars. Some features, like PowerPoint Live, are only available while using the desktop version of Teams and cannot be accessed if you’re running Teams in a web browser.

Sharing Content in a Teams Meeting

When you’re in a Teams meeting and select the Share button, you can choose to share content in different ways:

Share your screen : This option will allow meeting attendees to see anything that’s on the monitor you select.
Share a specific window : This option will only allow attendees to see the specific window you choose to share.
Create a Whiteboard : This option will launch the Whiteboard app so meeting attendees can collaborate.
Share a PowerPoint : Select a specific PowerPoint file to present to meeting attendees.

Sharing Content in a Teams Meeting image

When you choose to share a PowerPoint presentation (rather than sharing the specific window the PowerPoint is in), meeting attendees will get a few extra features, and so will you.

When you share a presentation using PowerPoint Live, attendees will be able to move through the slides in your presentation at their own speed. Don’t worry—meeting attendees won’t control what other attendees see. You’ll still be in control of your presentation . However, if an attendee wants to skip a few slides ahead to see what’s coming, they can. When they’re ready, there’s a sync button which will sync them up with the presenter.

Sharing Content in a Teams Meeting image 2

If you don’t want attendees to move through the presentation on their own, you can toggle that feature off by selecting the eye icon on the control panel that appears on the presentation.

When you share a presentation via PowerPoint live, you’ll be able to see your notes, slides, and the audience while you present. This is a feature that Teams users have been clamoring for, and we’re thrilled to see that Microsoft listened.

Sharing Content in a Teams Meeting image 3

You’ll also get access to multi-colored laser pointers, pens, and highlighters to aid in your presentation.

Roles in Teams Meetings

First, let’s get clear about the various roles available in Teams meetings. The person who creates the link to join the meeting is the organizer. That person has ultimate control and can do things that no other attendee can do like manage breakout rooms .

The organizer can designate other meeting attendees as presenters. Only the organizer and presenters can share content during the meeting. Besides the organizer and presenters, everyone else in the meeting is called an Attendee.

The organizer can set presenters in advance of the meeting or on the fly during the meeting. To set presenters in advance of the meeting, the meeting organizer should select the Meeting Options link in the calendar invitation for the meeting.

A web page will open where you can choose who will be able to present during the meeting.

If you choose Specific people , next type in the names of the people who you want to be Presenters.

How To Promote an Attendee to Presenter in Teams

If you’re the meeting organizer, it’s easy to promote a meeting attendee to presenter during the meeting itself.

Find the attendee in the participant list.
Select the More options (three dots) link next to the attendee’s name.

How To Promote an Attendee to Presenter in Teams image

Select Make a presenter .

How To Promote an Attendee to Presenter in Teams image 2

Now that person will be able to share content during the meeting.

Presenting vs. Taking Control

It’s important to understand the distinction between presenting in a Teams meeting and taking control of shared content.

Apps like GoToMeeting and Zoom have ways for meeting attendees to take control of another attendee’s computer. This usually happens in remote support sessions. So far, Microsoft Teams has not provided that functionality. However, Teams does allow presenters to give limited control to another attendee, and attendees can request control from presenters.

Obviously, you should only give control in Teams to someone you trust.

How To Give Control in Teams

In Microsoft Teams, if you want someone else in your meeting to edit a file you’re sharing or take over your presentation, you can give control to that person. It’s like adding a second, simultaneous presenter. You’ll both be able to control what’s being shared. You can take back control any time you want.

You can only give control to someone else in your Teams meeting when you’re presenting. Mouse over the content you’re sharing to activate the sharing toolbar and select Give control .

From there, select the person you want to give control to. The person you want to give control to will receive a notification letting them know that you want to share control of the presentation with them. When you share control with someone else, they’ll be able to make edits and other changes to the shared screen.

If you want to take control back from them, simply select the Cancel Control button.

How To Request Control in Teams

Requesting control while someone’s presenting in Teams works similarly. Simply select the Request control button. The presenter can then choose to Allow or Deny your control request.

When you no longer want control, you can select the Release control button.

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The Ultimate How To Guide for Presenting Content in Microsoft Teams

Sharing / presenting content in Teams meeting is at the same time simple but is also has some options available that may not be known enough by everyone. This guide lets you get started and dive deeper what happens when you share your window, document or desktop in Microsoft Teams.

This article will be updated when there are new features or based on feedback.

Updated 22.3.2021 Presenter View section.

Community: I am happy to add Mac and iOS screenshots into the article as well if someone is willing to collaborate & provide them. 😎💪

Teams Desktop: sharing a screen (Windows)

Opening the sharing with Microsoft Teams Desktop (in the New Meeting experience mode).

This opens the Share Tray. From it you can choose to start sharing

Your Desktop (Screen share)
Specific application (Window)
Whiteboard application: either Microsoft Whiteboard (natively with Microsoft 365) or available 3rd party Whiteboards
PowerPoint document

TIP: When you choose to share something using Teams Desktop you can choose to include your computer sounds to meeting. This is a must-have option if you are playing music or video to your participants. You can not toggle this on later – you need to choose this when you start sharing.

When you choose to include computer sound included with the sharing you need to have configured the speaker for computer and Teams meeting to be the same one.

If you have multiple monitors available for your Microsoft Teams you can choose any of those displays.

And you have the sharing open. Shared area is marked with red rectangle around it. You will find the more smaller Teams meeting control window in one of your desktops – and if you have the camera on it will show the video.

But more importantly you can use that small window to control camera, audio or sharing (ending it with one press). Or you can click on the small window (not on meeting toolbar) and it will expand back to the full size.

You can use that same icon to stop sharing in the expanded window.

Tip: If you have two screens available you should consider presenting your PowerPoint presentation so that you share the external screen and project your presentation there (PowerPoint – Slide Show – Monitor). Share that external screen to Teams meeting so you can be sure that whatever you show in that screen it is shown to attendees. Just check that your second screen is not a ultra-wide display or 8k (or preferably even 4k) because the content is going to be tough to read and view by attendees. FullHD screen works the best here.

Tip2: when you are presenting PowerPoint in external screen (and sharing that to Teams meeting) do they advantage of inking and pen if you are using a device with touch screen (like Surface)!

Tip3: if you have an embedded video in your PowerPoint and you use screen/display sharing to present it to the audience: Don’t forget include computer sound with your share!

Teams Desktop: sharing a PowerPoint

You can choose from your recent PowerPoint documents in the list

A PowerPoint document you opened or edited in Microsoft Teams (in a team you belong to) or in your OneDrive
Browse for more

This list of sharing PowerPoints is causing often some big questions. PowerPoints will appear in the list once you edit or open the PowerPoint presentation in Teams or OneDrive (there may be some short delay). Generally it applies to the next meeting you join. Make sure you prepare for the meeting by opening the document in advance. Simply uploading a presentation to OneDrive or Teams does not bring it to the list – you need to open/edit it as well.

Browse-option lets you choose a PowerPoint from your OneDrive or from your computer.

What this one lacks is the ability to choose a file from a team you belong to.

TIP: Use OneDrive syncing to have an easy access to files in the most relevant teams you belong to .

Once you are sharing the PowerPoint you can see it in the presenter view mode! This feature is generally available ! This makes it easy to do presentations using Teams – without having to have a PowerPoint desktop app open at the same time. Seems to work only on Teams Desktop with new meeting experience mode at the moment.

The presented area (PowerPoint) is shown surrounded with a red rectangle.

Updated 22.3.2021. There are other controls in this as well for jumping between slides and accessibility controls.

I have a another article diving deeper to Presenter view in here !

NEW: PowerPoint Live has now laser pointer and inking capabilities. Read about them here !

Once the presentation is shared you can move back and forth easily with arrows in the screen.

Note: there is the “eye” icon. If you press that one it locks the PowerPoint for the participants so that they see the same slide as you do: they can not browse the deck on their own. This is called private viewing disable (arrows for other participants will be disabled). Private viewing is enabled on default.

Note: if you are a presenter in the meeting where a PowerPoint is shared to you can take control of the shared PowerPoint to advance slides. This does not ask for any confirmation and the feature is really useful when you have multiple presenters who use the same slide deck. Just be careful that everyone else are not presenters – or they know not to touch it.

You will get a warning that someone has taken the control and can easily take it back.

Whoever is in control of the presentation has also the control to disable/enable private viewing mode. As can be seen in the picture above (with Take control) the eye is missing and arrows are greyed out: this means someone else than you have the control and they have disable the private viewing.

Note: When you share PowerPoint to a meeting this way participants can click links you have in your presentation. Thank you Joe for this reminder!

If you add a online video to your presentation your participants can activate that on their own as well. It is good also to note that if you hit “play” it doesn’t reflect to attendees (=they need to play the video themselves)

Teams Desktop: sharing a Whiteboard

When you choose Microsoft Whiteboard from the Share Tray you are taken directly to the Whiteboard view. Everyone who is in the same organization as you are (the situation in January 2021) can co-author the Whiteboard with you. Once you are done you can Stop presenting (middle top screen) or share something else.

Teams web client: sharing a screen (Microsoft Edge)

Sharing looks a bit different when you are using Teams web client. Sharing is available in (new) Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers. The toolbar is hovering on top of the meeting. From the toolbar you can open the share tray.

When you have the share tray open you can choose to share something of following

Desktop (Screenshare)
A specific PowerPoint document
Whiteboard: either Microsoft Whiteboard or Freehand (3rd party).

Entire screen
Application window (a specific application only)
With Microsoft Edge you have option to choose a selected, specific, tab

When(if) you have multiple monitors it is easiest to just share a one of them: it makes the sharing really simple and easy to manage: anything on that display is shared.

If you don’t have multiple monitors then you might want to just share a single application.

This is useful when you want to show something specific that runs in it’s own application but you can not share anything else on your screen.

Note: Teams is not in the list (not even on blurred ones) and nor is Spotify or ToDo. Not every application can be shared with this.

Note2: you can not share desktop audio to the meeting using Teams web client.

And the last option is to share a selected Edge tab – and if you have multiple Edge profiles open you can share from any of those by clicking the desired Edge active and choosing the tab.

In my example I chose to share one of my screens. You don’t get much feedback – you just click on the screen and hit Share. In one of your screens you will have this toolbar:

You can end sharing using either that toolbar or you can navigate to your web Teams meeting and choose Stop sharing from the toolbar there.

Teams web client: sharing a PowerPoint

This list of sharing PowerPoints is causing often some big questions. PowerPoint presentations will be in the list once you edit or open the PowerPoint presentation in Teams or OneDrive (there may be some short delay). Generally it applies to the next meeting you join. Make sure you prepare for the meeting by opening the document in advance. Simply uploading a presentation to OneDrive or Teams does not bring it to the list – you need to open/edit it as well.

Whoever is in control of the presentation has also the control to disable/enable private viewing mode.

Teams web client: sharing a Whiteboard

Sharing a Whiteboard is initiated simply by choosing Microsoft Whiteboard (or Freehand or other available 3rd party application) from the share tray.

I have found out that sometimes when you start sharing Microsoft Whiteboard to the meeting using Teams web client it doesn’t do anything. The solution is to try again.

Once the Whiteboard opens you can work on it normally – or choose to open it in the Whiteboard app to have a broader set of tools available.

When you are done you can choose the “Stop presenting” that is hovering on the left bottom area (left of meeting toolbar).

Teams mobile: sharing a screen

Were you aware that you can also share content using your mobile device? I have examples and screenshots using a Android device but these also work with iOS – the user interface might be slightly different.

You initiate the sharing via … menu selection in the mobile to open the list of options

You choose Share and you get to choose what to share

Yes – you can share your mobile device screen to the meeting. This is really useful if you have a application you want to show or train to others.

You may have to adjust settings to turn on allowing Teams to display over other apps.

After that one you may have reshare the screen. And you get the next warning.

And your screen is now shared. You can see the red block that lets you know what are of your mobile device screen has been shared.

And if you pull down notifications area you have option to return to Teams meeting (if you have been using some other app) and there is also the notification that you are sharing your screen.

When you are done sharing you can return to Teams meeting and then choose to Stop presenting.

Teams mobile: sharing a PowerPoint

Sharing a PowerPoint works really well on Teams mobile! It is in fact even better than the version in other clients.

You start by imitating the sharing (as with screen share) and choosing the PowerPoint instead. You get a screen:

From this screen you can choose to browser thought

A PowerPoint presentation from any Team and channel you belong to!
Choose a PowerPoint presentation you opened or edited most recently (as you notice compared to other examples that this isn’t 1:1 in sync.. There are differences so that is why I am really happy that you can browse through Teams for sharing)

Once you have selected the PowerPoint to present it is very straight forward from that moment.

Using Teams mobile you can also take control of a PowerPoint someone else is presenting (if you are a presenter in the meeting). This means that you can participate in a multi-presenter meeting quite easily by using just your mobile device and Teams!

You will get a warning before you take the control – in case you pressed Take Control accidentally.

Teams mobile: sharing a photo or video

Follow the steps laid out earlier and instead of screen or PowerPoint you select this time a picture (from device’s picture gallery) or a video (using device’s video camera). Since sharing a picture is very straight forward I use the video instead as example.

You get to see a preview of video first. You can switch to other camera (front/back usually) & position the device properly and once you are ready you just hit Start presenting .

And when you are done you can press on “Stop presenting” to end your video feed.

This video is different from showing your own video using Camera icon the meeting toolbar. Instead of being a attendee video this one is shown in the shared area for every participant in the meeting. This is useful when you have something in the same room/space that you want to share to others in the meeting. Possible use cases: a model on table, physical whiteboard, view from the window, interviewing someone, view in the outside, …

Best practices from my experience

The way I use to share content when in Microsoft Teams meetings is

I share one of my screens (I have three screens so this is a natural choice for me). This way I know what is being shared all the time since I always share the same screen (the one in the middle, my camera is on top of that screen). Be careful what you drag to the shared screen. This is the way I share my PowerPoint presentations (projecting the presentation to the shared screen)
If you have a touch-screen device (like Surface-laptop) you should use pen/inking to enhance the presentation experience. This also works when you are sharing the external screen & presenting from touch-screen device: make your presentation stand out!
Prepare the content you share in advance. Open PowerPoints, apps, browsers etc so you don’t have to spend any time with them when you are live.
Share your screen early rather than later. This will give you time to reshare.
When doing a presentation with multiple persons using just the PowerPoint deck share it directly to Teams meeting so you can switch between speakers easily. With the new Presenter view -support this is now a good option.
Make use of Teams features: Put everyone but real presenters else as attendee so they can’t start sharing their screen accidentally – and you can hard mute them as well. Use meeting options -setting before they join in.
When people complain they don’t see the share: check that you are actually sharing your screen. If someone is seeing your share and some others not: those who can’t see your share need to leave and rejoin the meeting. Sometimes restarting your sharing can fix that issue too but usually the issue is in the participant end.
I rarely use application / window -sharing.
Sharing a video in Teams meeting (or in Live event) is usually ok but you can expect some quality drop – especially if you have a lower bandwidth. Have a backup link to the video available. People seem to struggle more with videos embedded inside a PowerPoint.
Use Windows Focus Assist and Teams Do Not Disturb mode so you don’t get any unwanted popups on your shared screen. Microsoft Teams will also have a upcoming feature (currently usable in public preview) that let’s users to choose if Teams notifications do their own “toast” (pop-up banner) or do they go directly to Windows notification area (honoring the Focust Assist setting).
Use Teams Desktop version + new meeting experience when possible. Check that you have the latest version.

More information or different view into this?

Check out Microsoft Support article about Sharing content in Microsoft Teams meetings .

I hope you have enjoyed this guide and it has provided to be useful. Please do drop a comment from below if you have any questions or you want to send me greetings!

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Vesa "Vesku" Nopanen, Principal Consultant and Microsoft MVP (M365 Apps & Services and Mixed Reality) working on Metaverse, AI and Future Work at Sulava. I work, blog and speak about Metaverse, AI, Microsoft Mesh, Virtual & Mixed Reality, The Future of Work, Digital Twins, and other services & platforms in the cloud connecting digital and physical worlds and people together. I am extremely passionate about Metaverse, AI, natural language understanding, Mixed & Virtual Reality and how these technologies, with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Azure & Cloud, enable to change how people work together. Azure OpenAI Services - yes, I build AI solutions using those and other Azure AI services. I have 30 years of experience in IT business on multiple industries, domains, and roles. View all posts by Vesa Nopanen

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How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams

Working remotely with your team is far from perfection. Mainly, the transition process from being in-person work interaction to working from home via online tools is not smooth. Luckily, online tools like Microsoft Teams came to your rescue. Though it’s annoying to connect virtually, Microsoft Teams is trying to make collaboration with your team better via online meetings. Such meetings can be via audio or video calls. The video calls provide face-to-face interaction with team members. The other team members are known as participants. Each participant has a camera feed which allows them to share their screen during the meetings. Sharing screen allows users to virtually view your work process. In this article, we have shown how to request control and share screen in Microsoft Teams.

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During online meetings, Microsoft Teams enable users to share screens. Here, only one person can share it while all others can view it. If a user gives up control, then some other participant in the meeting can take over. Interestingly, any participant can request control teams of the screen shared to work on it. Some significant facts to know about screen sharing and request control teams are listed below:

One user can’t take the screen control of another user unless they allow you to do it.
A user can retract the control they have provided from another user whenever they need it.
No one else in the Teams meeting can compel other users to provide the control of their respective screens. However, a user can request control from others if needed.
Also, the control of the shared screen can be given to any other user in the meeting even though they have not requested it.
Every participant in the Teams meeting will be aware of who has taken the screen control.

Hope these above-mentioned points gave you an overall view of the share and request control teams. Request control option in the screen sharing process is used to raise a request to take over the screen sharing participant’s desktop. This way you can interact and perform tasks on the shared computer. Here is how Microsoft teams request control.

1. Launch the Microsoft Teams application. Sign-in if required and join a meeting.

2. Wait till one of the participants shares their screen.

3. Once the other participant shared their screen, click the Request control button to ask the presenter for their screen control.

Click Request control. How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams

4. Click Request on the Request control popup prompt to finalize request control teams.

5. Once you are done with the virtual system connect interaction, click the Stop control button to revoke the presenter screen shared control from your end.

Click Stop control. How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams

This is how you can request control in Microsoft Teams.

Ways You Can Share Content while Presenting your Screen

There are certain options available in the share content menu when you select it. Such options are given below in points. Once you understand the different options and their usage you can share the contents efficiently and use Teams to the fullest.

Screen: This option allows you to share your entire desktop which means it enables all other participants to view anything that you select on your monitor.
Window: This option will only enable the participants to view the specific window you decide to show.
Whiteboard: Whiteboard is just like your regular chalkboard but a digital version. When you select a Whiteboard application it allows every participant to collaborate.
PowerPoint Live: This option allows you to share a PowerPoint presentation. You use this option instead of windows as it is tailor-made for a PowerPoint file with many other additional features.

Also Read: How to Enable or Disable Microsoft Teams Push to Talk

How Does Microsoft Teams Share Screen Give Control

Sharing screen enables you to present your desktop and makes it easier to show other participants what you working on in a live manner. And, if you give control to any other participant then they can virtually interact with your PC like by typing, navigating through their mouse, etc. Now. this feature came in handy and became popular during work-from-home situations caused due to pandemics. If you are unaware of how Microsoft Teams share screen give control, then follow the steps given below.

2. On the Teams Meeting page, click the Share content button present near the Leave button in the top right corner.

4. Now, a menu prompt will pop up with several options. Select the type of content that you want to share. For example, the Screen option is selected.

Note: Desktop represents your PC’s desktop; Windows represent the specific window you have currently opened on your desktop; PowerPoint represents the presentation you have made; Browse option will allow showing a file that is saved on your PC. There are other interesting features like presenter mode where you can set a background, computer sound option, etc. in the latest Teams version.

Click Screen. How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams

5. Once you have shared your screen, click the Give control option present at the top of your desktop screen.

Note: When you give control the other participant can virtually interact with your system.

6. On the Give control dropdown , select the participant you want to give control to take over your desktop virtually.

Select a participant. How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams

Also Read: How to Access Microsoft Teams Admin Center Login

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1. What are the browsers that support Microsoft Teams application?

Ans. The browsers that support Teams are Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge, the latest version of Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox . Unfortunately, Teams does not work on Safari.

Q2. Do Teams have a backup of the file you have used so far?

Ans. Teams by Microsoft do not store data on their own. However, it stores data in SharePoint , team chats in OneDrive , and conversation history where you have to back it up on these storage applications your own.

Q3. How is Teams software different from its competitor Zoom?

Ans. Each of these applications has an advantage of its own. Still, the difference among them is that the Microsoft Teams application offers video call service, 2GB of free cloud storage , and unlimited chat while Zoom is kept mainly for video conferencing.

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Manage the meeting presentation experience for sensitive Teams meetings

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Applies to: Microsoft Teams

Using Teams admin policies, sensitivity labels, and templates, you can control a wide variety of settings that determine the in-meeting experience for participants, including:

Who can present and who can give or request control
How content is shared and what collaboration tools are available
Attendee video, audio, and reactions

Meeting organizers can specify many of theses settings when they create the meeting, but you can enforce specific options for different users and groups in your organization by using admin policies, or for different types or meetings by using sensitivity labels and templates. This can help you meet your compliance needs for different types of meetings and meetings where sensitive information is being shared.

Meeting settings in sensitivity labels and custom meeting templates require Teams Premium.

Manage who can present

The following table shows where settings are available to manage who can present in meetings:

Setting	Admin policy	Sensitivity label	Template	Meeting organizer
Who can present	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Participants can give or request control	Yes	No	No	No
External participants can give or request control	Yes	No	No	No

By using these controls, you can limit who is able to share content on screen in meetings.

Default value for who can present in meetings

The Teams admin meeting policy Who can present has the following options:

Only organizers and co-organizers
People in my org and guests

This setting doesn't enforce the value, but rather specifies the default for new meetings created by users. Users can override this setting and choose any of the other options unless a specific value is enforced by a sensitivity label.

The default value of Everyone allows anyone to present in a meeting by default. If you have compliance requirements in your organization around who can present in meetings, consider changing this value to People in my org and guests or Only organizers and co-organizers to provide a more secure default for users.

To set the Who can present policy

In the Teams admin center, expand Meetings , and then select Meeting policies .

Select the policy that you want to modify.

Under Meeting join & lobby , select a value for Who can present .

Select Save .

Manage who can present by using sensitivity labels

Meeting organizers can choose from the following options for who can present in a meeting:

Only me and co-organizers
Specific people

The default value shown when a user creates a meeting is specified by the Who can present policy mentioned above.

You can restrict this setting by using a sensitivity label. For sensitive or highly sensitive meetings, consider restricting this setting to Only me and co-organizers or Specific people by using a sensitivity label.

Teams admin policy: Participants can give or request control

By default, meeting participants can give control of their shared screen to another participant in the meeting. This is controlled by two Teams admin meeting policies:

Participants can give or request control - This setting determines whether the user with this policy can give control of their shared desktop or window to other meeting participants. It's On by default.

External participants can give or request control - This setting determines a guest or anonymous participant can be given control of an internal user's shared screen. It's Off by default.

Depending on the compliance requirements of your organization, you can change these settings for some or all of your users.

To configure who can give control of a shared screen

Under Content sharing :

To prevent participants from giving control of a screen share to others, set Participants can give or request control to Off .

To prevent external participants from being given control of a screen share, set External participants can give or request control to On .

Manage which content and video is shared with attendees

In meetings where sensitive information is being shared, it can be important to minimize the risk of sharing inappropriate information.

The following table shows settings that can help manage what content and video is shared on screen in meetings.

Setting	Admin policy	Sensitivity label	Template	Meeting organizer
Screen sharing	Yes	No	No	No
Manage what attendees see	No	No	Yes	Yes

Screen sharing is a teams admin policy. With this policy, you can control if meeting attendees can share their entire screen or only a single application. Sharing the entire screen can be convenient, but it can increase the chances of accidentally sharing inappropriate information such as an email or open document. Consider if you want to restrict sharing to a single application for users or departments that often present sensitive information. You can also turn off screen sharing entirely with this policy. For more information, see Manage meeting policies for content sharing .

Manage what attendees see is an option available to meeting organizers that can also be set by using a template. When this option is enabled, meeting organizers can control what content is shared on screen and who's video is visible. Organizers must intentionally bring shared content and video on screen before attendees can see it. This can help minimize the risk of sharing inappropriate content in a meeting. Consider if you want to enable or enforce this experience for sensitive meetings by using a meeting template. For more information, see Manage what attendees see in Teams meetings .

Manage presentation tools

Teams offers several presentation tools that allow for interactive participation of meeting attendees. The following table shows features that can help manage these tools.

Setting	Admin policy	Sensitivity label	Template	Meeting organizer
PowerPoint Live	Yes	No	No	No
Whiteboard	Yes	No	No	No
Shared notes	Yes	No	No	No

Each of these features can be managed through admin policies, but not through templates or sensitivity labels, nor by the meeting organizer. As such, they can be applied to users or groups, but not to specific meetings. For more information, see Meeting policy settings - Content sharing .

If you have meetings where sensitive information is being shared, you may want to disable Whiteboard and shared notes to avoid having sensitive information added to them.

PowerPoint Live allows attendees to navigate forward and back in a PowerPoint presentation being shared on screen. This may allow attendees to see sensitive information before it's presented by the organizer.

Consider if there are users or groups in your organization who shouldn't use these features to avoid sharing sensitive information.

Manage how meeting attendees interact

The following table shows features that can help manage how meeting attendees interact during a meeting.

Setting	Admin policy	Sensitivity label	Template	Meeting organizer
Allow camera for attendees	No	No	Yes	Yes
Allow mic for attendees	No	No	Yes	Yes
Reactions	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Attendee audio and video can make it easy for attendees to communicate during a meeting. These can both be controlled by the meeting organizer or by a meeting template. Depending on the type of meeting, you may want to allow or restrict these capabilities.

For meetings that are presentations with minimal interaction from attendees, turning video and audio off can minimize distractions.

When recording meetings, video from participants might be considered personal data and infer regulatory requirements.

If you choose to turn off reactions, remember that this will disable the hand-raise feature. (For presentation-style meetings, the Q&A feature may allow the needed interaction for attendees to ask questions.)

Additional resources

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PowerPoint Live offers benefits over simple screen-sharing.

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PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams offers several benefits over screen-sharing your PowerPoint presentation window or editing window.

Seamlessly switch between presenters. Unlike screen-sharing, where the presentation is shared from a single presenter, co-presenters can take control of the slide deck during their portion of the presentation.
The built-in presenter view provides all the tools you need for a successful meeting. You can see the audience, control slides, and view notes all in one location.
Enhanced accessibility. Audience members can use screen readers, live translation, and high contrast slides.
Special audience focus tools. Use the laser pointer, pen, and highlighter to draw attention to key points.
Option for attendees to go back or ahead. If enabled, audience members can move between slides to review something they missed while the presentation continues.
Smoother transitions to video or audio. Play high-quality embedded video and audio without having to change to a browser, media player, or other outside app or window.
Instant attendee access to links. Audience members can open links and videos in the presentation on their own devices. No more waiting for you to circulate the presentation after the meeting.

For more information, see Microsoft’s Share slides in a Teams meeting with PowerPoint Live and the Microsoft blog post Introducing PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams .

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Microsoft Teams offers a powerful integration with PowerPoint to enable engaging presentations directly within Teams meetings. As a presenter, you can utilize Presenter Mode to control your slides and view speaker notes while still seeing participants and meeting chat. For the audience, there are options to translate slides, view closed captions, and adjust accessibility settings.

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How to start a presentation in teams, if powerpoint is already open, if powerpoint is not already open, using teams presentation tools.

As a presenter in Teams, you have access to useful annotation and control tools:

Configuring Presenter Modes in Teams

Standout mode.

In Standout Mode, your video feed shows as a separate window over the slides, enabling your face and body language to stand out.

Side-by-Side Mode

Reporter mode.

Experiment with these modes to find which works best! The mode can be changed at any time by selecting the Presenter Mode button.

Presentation Tips for Teams

Additional resources.

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Simone Biles and Team USA win gold in women's gymnastics team final at 2024 Olympics

By Christopher Brito , Emily Mae Czachor

Updated on: July 30, 2024 / 8:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Days after an injury scare, Simone Biles and her U.S. women's artistic gymnastics teammates took home the gold in the team finals. It was their first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and marked an incredible comeback for the history-making athlete and for Team USA.

Italy took second place, ending the finals with 165.494 points to Team USA's 171.296. It was Italy's first Olympic medal for women's gymnastics in almost a century. Brazil's team won bronze, finishing just shy of a point behind Italy, for their first medal ever in women's gymnastics.

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The women's artistic gymnastics team final took place Tuesday at Bercy Arena and featured Biles along with her American teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee. It was an important contest for the American athletes, who are all returning to the Olympics this year after appearing in previous Games, and especially for Biles, who was forced to leave the competition in 2020 because of a dangerous mental block that prompted her to take herself out of the running.

Biles and Chiles took part in the uneven bars, vault, balance beam and floor exercise events, while Lee competed in every round except the vault, which was Carey's only event. Just one member of Team USA didn't participate in Tuesday's competition — 16-year-old Hezly Rivera, who's making her Olympic debut this year and still accepted a gold medal alongside her teammates at the awards ceremony.

Suni Lee at Paris 2024 Olympics - Gymnastics

Team USA was heavily favored to win the finals, after earning back-to-back gold at the Summer Games in London and Rio in 2012 and 2016, and capturing a silver medal in the team competition in Tokyo last time around.

After delivering standout routines on the vault, uneven bars and beam, Team USA performed their anticipated floor exercises in the gymnastics final's fourth and last rotation. An American trio of Olympic veterans was expected to command the floor, with Biles at the helm, and all three did their part to rise to the occasion.

Lee was the first American gymnast to perform on the floor and completed a strong routine with visible excitement as she left the mat. Her family cheered uproariously from the stands, as did the rest of the stadium. Lee earned an impressive 13.9 for the exercise, which is evaluated out of 14 points. Chiles nailed her floor routine, too, inching closer to that perfect score with 13.966.

Biles closed out the finals with a spectacular floor routine performed to a full-on standing ovation. It was arguably the most anticipated showing of Tuesday's team competition, and Biles delivered. Her routine included several of Biles' trademarked gymnastics moves, including her first namesake, a double layout with a half-twist, and a triple-double.

The exercise had solidified Team USA's victory before Biles' score was even revealed. She blew a kiss to the crowd as people chanted, "USA!"

Earlier, Biles' bar routine prompted roiling applause from a crowd that included Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps and movie director Spike Lee. Lee and Biles both delivered solid performances on the balance beam that earned high marks, critically, after Chiles fell from the equipment during her beam routine, which came before theirs. Her fall was the only notable error from Team USA throughout the finals, where the American athletes brought top-tier routines that continued to push them ahead of their competitors in every round.

Jordan Chiles at Paris 2024 Olympic Games - gymnastics team finals

Team USA — which took top scores in the qualification session over the weekend — competed in the final against gymnasts from seven other teams that placed highly in the qualifiers: Italy, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Britain and Romania. The finals call for three gymnasts from each team to compete in each gymnastics category.

Lee is the reigning all-around champion. But in the team finals, all three gymnasts' scores are considered together. Those parameters make the final especially challenging, since they leave little room for error by any contending athlete, raising the stakes from qualifiers where all four athletes competed and the lowest-scoring athlete's marks were dropped from the team total.

Biles, 27, made her highly anticipated return last weekend in the qualifying rounds and dominated, despite a calf injury that caused her to limp. Women's gymnastics coach Cecille Landi, a former Olympian for France, told reporters after the qualifying session that Biles had tweaked her calf a few weeks ago and was on the mend.

The coach noted that Biles had no intention to leave the competition, saying, "Never in her mind."

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Team USA finished Sunday's qualification session with an impressive score of 172.296, putting them at the front of the pack heading into the final, with Biles herself leaving qualifiers as the leading individual scorer across all of the competing teams.

Biles, heralded as the Greatest of All Time, or G.O.A.T., in gymnastics, is currently in her third Olympics. It's her first since experiencing the "twisties," a phenomenon where gymnasts lose their sense of place in the air, which forced her to drop out of multiple events during the Tokyo Olympics.

Tuesday's win makes Biles the most decorated American Olympic gymnast, surpassing Shannon Miller's seven-medal haul, with the team gold her eighth Olympic medal. That also ties her with Anton Heida, a 1904 Olympian, for the most gold medals earned by an American gymnast.

Table showing the number of medals won by each country or delegation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

This story has been updated to correct information about the records of the teams from Italy and Brazil.

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Christopher Brito is a social media manager and trending content writer for CBS News.

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Olympic gymnastics highlights: Simone Biles, USA capture gold medal in team final

PARIS – The U.S. women’s gymnastics team had framed it as a redemption tour. But in the end, it was more of a clinic, a showcase – a dominant show of twisting and acrobatic force.

Led by the incomparable Simone Biles , the Americans coasted to yet another Olympic gold medal Tuesday night at Bercy Arena, finishing atop the podium for the third time in the four most recent trips to the Summer Games. They finished nearly six points ahead of the silver medal winners Italy, with Brazil grabbing bronze. It was never really close.

"It was super exciting. We had fun. We enjoyed each other's time out there, and we just did our gymnastics," Biles said.

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Less than 48 hours after overcoming calf pain in qualifying , Biles competed – and excelled – in all four events , starting the night with a soaring Cheng vault and ending it with her signature floor routine, set in part to the music of Taylor Swift.

"I think it speaks volumes of her strength," said Chellsie Memmel, technical director for the U.S. women. "What she was able to come back from with the whole world watching — and a world watching with a magnifying glass again, just waiting to see what she was going to do.

"We all knew she could do it like. That wasn't ever a question in my mind that she could do it, and it continues to just solidify her place as the greatest gymnast of all the time."

Biles' teammates also more than did their parts. Suni Lee , the reigning Olympic all-around champ, was masterful on balance beam and strong on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles, like Biles, competed in all four events and finished with just one notable mistake, on balance beam. And Jade Carey, who has been nursing an illness , hit a terrific vault in her only event of the night. (Hezly Rivera, who competed in qualifying, did not participate in the three-up, three-count format.)

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“Having this opportunity definitely felt really good,” Chiles said. “And being able to be a part of winning this gold medal and everything that I've just gone through, it's just been an amazing experience. So, I'm really just proud of each and every one of us that are up here. This smile is always gonna be smiling because it's just been an amazing experience.”

After the Fierce Five and the Final Five, this group – led by Biles – had talked about wanting to redeem itself after taking home silver at the 2021 Tokyo Games. "The four of them called it their redemption tour — that they certainly did," Memmel said.

It was at those same Olympics, and in this team final, where Biles withdrew from competition abruptly with what she later revealed was a case of the "twisties," which left her feeling disoriented and unsafe while twisting through the air. Perhaps it was fitting then that, in her first event of the final, she was back on vault – and back twisting with confidence in her Cheng vault, which is one of the most difficult in the world.

"As soon as I landed vault, I was like, 'Oh yeah we’re gonna do this,'" Biles said.

Just GOAT things. 🐐 Simone Biles kicks her day off with a solid vault. #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/jcxpj0GuRZ — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024

It was clear, from the start, that tonight would be different. All four gymnasts who competed for Team USA were also on the team in Tokyo, where restrictive COVID-19 measures had left the arena mostly and eerily empty. So after the U.S. won gold on Tuesday night, one of Biles' coaches, Cecile Landi, was asked what it too to get here over the last three years — for Biles and the team.

"A lot. That's all I have to say. A lot. It's been a roller coaster over the past three years, with a lot of good times and very difficult times," Landi said. "So today's just amazing."

On Tuesday, Biles' parents and husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens , were able to watch and cheer for the Americans from the bleachers. The crowd also featured big-name celebrities and sports figures, including Michael Phelps, Serena Williams, Natalie Portman and Nicole Kidman. Chants of "U-S-A" rang out sporadically after almost every rotation, and American flags waved throughout the stands.

They had plenty to cheer for, of course, thanks to Biles and company. With Tuesday's gold, the 27-year-old passed Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast . She now has eight – and perhaps a few more on the way over the next week, with the all-around and apparatus finals still to come.

"We know if they do their normal gymnastics, it should be good enough and that's what we really focused on," Landi said.

TEAM USA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS STRIKES GOLD BY ALMOST SIX POINTS! 🇺🇸🥇 #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/nFMORJAvPP — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 30, 2024

Simone Biles, USA gymnasts built a bond that led to Olympic gold

Simone Biles and this U.S. women's gymnastics team has talked about powering through those obstacles, in part, by relying on each another .

Even while they were competing against one another in individual competitions over the course of the year, there were always signs of the genuine relationships that had grown between the returning members of this team. At the national championships earlier this summer, Biles noticed that Lee was struggling and walked across the gym during the competition to talk with her about it . In between rotations, it was normal to see Biles and Carey chatting, with Biles bursting out into laughter.

"Even (Monday) night, we were all having a little powwow − (Chiles, Lee and I) in the room, just talking about our age, what we're going through, how hard the Olympics is and all that stuff," Biles said. "... I think it translates out of the gym, as well. And once we're good and close and tight knit outside, then you see what you saw tonight. It was pretty good. It was fun. And we supported each other." Read Tom Schad's full story on the bond the U.S. women's gymnastics team has.

Simone Biles has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast

Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team winning gold in the team final gives Biles more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast. She has eight Olympics medals in three Games, breaking the tie she had with Shannon Miller . It also gives her 38 combined Olympic and world championships medals, which is more than all other teams combined.

"Honestly, I would’ve had to Google that, I’m not really sure, I don’t keep count, I don’t keep stats," Biles said Tuesday night. "I just go out here and do what I love. It’s amazing now that I hear it, but I don’t think I’ll truly understand the depth of it until I walk away from the sport."

Jordan Chiles showed out in a big way to help US win gold

The Olympic gold medal around Jordan Chiles ’ neck more than makes up for the disappointment of missing out on the women's gymnastics all-around final. She will forever be an Olympic champion , and she knows that the U.S. women wouldn't have won this title without her contributions. She competed on all four events Tuesday night, leading the Americans off on three of them.

“Having this opportunity definitely felt really good,” Chiles said . “Being able to be a part of winning this gold medal … it’s just been an amazing experience.”

Simone Biles' floor routine

Simone Biles closed out the entire Olympic women's gymnatics team final on floor and got a standing ovation from the crowd. She scored a 14.666.

WOW. SIMONE BILES JUST DID THAT. 🔥 #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/l4pLcI1QGg — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024

Simone Biles' beam score

Biles appeared to almost lose her balance on a wolf turn, then did lose her balance on an aerial, clinging to the edge of the beam with her toes. But she didn't let the wobble turn into a fall, and ultimately, her score of 14.366 was still be one of the higher marks of the night.

Team USA fans in Paris going wild for Simone Biles. 👏🇺🇸 #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC & Peacock pic.twitter.com/hxLLrwCaFt — NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 30, 2024

Simone Biles ' uneven bars score

Simone Biles isn't a big fan of the uneven bars, nor is she quite as dominant on that apparatus as the other three. But she was smooth and steady in her routine, nearly sticking the landing en route to a score of 14.400. And she was grinning wide as soon as her feet hit the ground.

The U.S. gymnasts look almost relaxed as they reach the midway point, while some of their would-be rivals have already suffered mistakes. Both Brazil and China had falls on the balance beam in this rotation, which could only widen the gap between Team USA and the rest of the field.

Simone Biles' vault score

Simone Biles didn't do her signature Yurchenko double pike , opting for the second-hardest difficult vault being done these days. Biles scored a 14.9 for her Cheng, which included a small hop on the landing. She smiled and exchanged high fives with coach Laurent Landi and then Cecile Landi, who is both Biles' co-coach and coach of the U.S. women here in Paris.

That Biles opted for the "easier" vault isn't a surprise. First, the U.S. didn't need it. Though the Yurchenko double pike is worth 0.8 points more than the Cheng, they still posted 44.1 points on the rotation. Second, Biles tweaked her left calf in qualifying. There's no reason to push it.

Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles beam scores

The Americans gave themselves enough of a cushion on vault and uneven bars that they could have afforded to make a mistake or two — and still win gold. That meant Jordan Chiles' fall when mounting the beam wasn't reason to panic. Chiles recovered from the mistake and was relatively clean for the rest of her routine for a score of 12.733, and Suni Lee then followed with an outstanding performance and a 14.600.

Jordan Chiles finishes strong to close out her beam routine. 💪 #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/5vPcNlLZKU — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024

Suni Lee' bars routine

Suni Lee, who specializes on uneven bars, got a deduction for her feet touching the floor. She still scored a 14.566.

Absolutely STUNNING ✨ @sunisalee_ on bars is everything! 📺: @NBCOlympics & @peacock #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/zPwZuhlmj4 — Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2024

Jordan Chiles' bars routine

Jordan Chiles killed it on bars, scoring a 14.366, and she let out a huge scream after. We're verging into the territory when the competition becomes a coronation.

THE CHILES FAM IS LOVING IT. 👏 #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/AhytGNvJbt — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024

How many rotations in gymnastics final?

There are four. Here was the complete run-of-show for the U.S. women.

Vault: Jordan Chiles (14.400), Jade Carey (14.800) and Simone Biles (14.900)
Uneven bars: Jordan Chiles (14.366), Simone Biles (14.400) and Suni Lee (14.566)
Balance beam: Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Simone Biles
Floor exercise: Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles

Jade Carey did NOT come to play. 😤 Starting things off strong for Team USA. #ParisOlympics 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/qKBellq0LB — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024

Simone Biles' calf was wrapped, but she was walking normally

Simone Biles was walking normally but had a wrap that covered almost her entire left calf. Remember, she tweaked the left calf on floor exercise warmups during qualifying, and briefly left the floor before returning and getting her ankle heavily taped. She remained in the competition and showed no ill effects, posting the highest individual score. Coach Cecile Landi said afterward it was a flareup of an injury that occurred several weeks earlier, but that it wasn't a cause for concern.

Who is Simone Biles married to?

She is married to NFL player Jonathan Owens , who is in the arena, sitting with Biles' parents and wearing a T-shirt with "BILES" on it and a huge photo of his wife in action on it. He landed in Paris on Tuesday morning. In addition to the team final, Owens will be able to watch Biles in the all-around final on Thursday, Aug. 1.

During the first rotation, Owens was seen with a pen in hand, possibly recording scores, as Biles performed her vault routine. Mic’ed up on NBC’s broadcast, Owens let out a healthy “let’s go!” after Biles recorded a 14.900 on the vault, the highest score among the three U.S. gymnasts.

Simone Biles' village runs DEEP. #ParisOlympics 📺NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/cywgWCscTA — On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) July 30, 2024

What are the twisties?

Biles missed most of the Tokyo Olympics after developing a case of “ the twisties ,” which caused her to lose her sense of where she was in the air and jeopardized her physical safety.

How does Olympic gymnastics scoring work?

A gymnastics routine gets two scores: One for difficulty, also known as the D score or start value, and one for execution. Every gymnastics skill has a numerical value, and the D score is the sum total of the skills in a routine. The execution score, or E score, reflects how well the skills were done. A gymnast starts with a 10.0, and deductions for flaws and form errors are taken from there. Add the D and E scores together, and that’s your total for an apparatus. (Vault scores will always be higher because it’s a single skill.)

Simone Biles, U.S. women got huge welcome from crowd

The teams are being introduced to the crowd, Simone Biles and the U.S. women receiving the biggest of all from the crowd. Biles forgot they were supposed to pose and started walking onto the floor before catching herself. Her and Jade Cade were cracking up.

MOOD. #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/f1qsgmQl1N — Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2024

Simone Biles' moves named after her: What to know

Simone Biles has left her mark on the sport of gymnastics. In addition to her record number of medals — she has 37 at the world championships and Olympics, more than any other gymnast, male or female — Biles has five skills named after her. Skills are named after the first gymnast to do them in a major international competition, like the world championships or Olympics. She has two on vault, two on floor exercise and one on balance beam. Here’s are the Simone Biles moves named after her . — Nancy Armour

Simone Biles' Yurchenko double pike: What to know

The Biles II is also known as the Yurchenko double pike , one of five moves named after Simone Biles . Vaults are categorized by “families,” which are based on the entry. On Yurchenko vaults, a gymnast does a roundoff onto the takeoff board and a back handspring onto the table. Biles then follows it with a double somersault in the piked position.

Few men even try this vault, which is so difficult because of the power it takes to get two somersaults as well as its lack of a bailout. If something goes awry, more likely to land on her head or neck than her knees.

Biles began doing this vault in 2021 but didn’t do it at a worlds or Olympics until the 2023 world championships. With a 6.4 difficulty value, it is the hardest vault in the women’s code.

When Biles did the vault last year, she took a half-point deduction for having coach Laurent Landi standing on the landing mat, ready to step in and redirect her into a safe position if it looked as if she was headed for a scary landing. But neither Biles nor Landi feel the need for him to do that anymore.

The most difficult vault commonly executed by other gymnasts is valued at 5.6, eight-tenths lower than the Biles II, so doing it gives Biles a huge scoring advantage.

Is Simone Biles the greatest gymnast of all time?

Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time . She has consistently dominated the sport for over a decade, which would have been an unimaginable feat just a few years ago as most gymnasts reach their peak in their late teens. Her ability to win is in a class of its own. With 37 Olympic and world championship medals — 27 of which are gold — Biles has won the most of any gymnast in history. She has also not lost an all-around competition since 2013.

Biles redefines the possibilities of her sport not just in her record-breaking number of wins and medals, but also in the unmatched difficulty of the skills she completes. Biles has no less than five skills named after her — two on the vault and floor and one on the balance beam — because she was the first, and in most cases, the only athlete to complete them in competition.

How many Olympic medals does Simone Biles have?

Biles has won eight Olympic medals , five of which are gold. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Biles won three individual golds in the all-around, vault and floor exercise and led Team USA’s “Final Five” to the team gold. She also added a bronze medal on the balance beam. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Biles added a silver medal in the team event and an additional bronze medal in the balance beam to her hardware collection.

How many Olympics has Simone Biles been to?

The 2024 Paris Olympics are Simone Biles ' third Olympic Games.

Where Simone Biles trains and what it's like to train with her

Simone Biles trains at Champions Centre World, which is owned by Biles’ parents Nellie and Ron and is just outside Houston, has become one of the premier gyms in the country. WCC has two gymnasts on the five-woman US team at the 2024 Paris Olympics , Biles and Jordan Chiles, with Joscelyn Roberson a traveling alternate and Tiana Sumanasekera a non-traveling alternate. It also sent the most gymnasts, five, to the Olympic trials, and had three more at the US championships .

"Training with Simone is, like, once in a lifetime," said Roberson, who moved to WCC after the US championships in 2022 . "She's always so bubbly in the gym. Plus, she can hit. All the time. Like, she never has a bad day, which is insane to me."

How Simone Biles, US Olympic women's gymnastics shattered age stereotype

Simone Biles, 27, is seeking to become the oldest all-around Olympic champion in women's gymnastics in 72 years, and she is one of four athletes on the U.S. team who fit what used to be a rare mold, as repeat Olympians in their 20s. The other three − Jade Carey (24), Jordan Chiles (23) and Suni Lee (21) − all competed in college between their two Olympic appearances, which also used to be uncommon. ( Hezly Rivera , 16, rounds out the team.)

With an average age north of 22 years old, it will be the oldest U.S. women's gymnastics team to compete at the Olympics since 1952, according to USA Gymnastics.

"The longevity of this sport has been totally changed. Simone has changed that," Chiles said . not to control everything that I can’t control anymore,” Biles said.

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Olympics women’s gymnastics team final: Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast of all time as USA takes gold

What to know.

Team USA won its first team gold medal in women’s gymnastics since Rio de Janeiro in 2016. USA won silver in Tokyo.
USA's overall score was 171.296. Italy took silver and finished with 165.494, and Brazil took bronze with 164.497.
Simone Biles battled through a calf injury to compete in all four events — bars, beam, vault and floor — and put the final touches on USA's win with her floor routine.
Jordan Chiles also competed in all four events. Suni Lee competed in bars, beam and floor, and Jade Carey competed on vault. Hezly Rivera, the 16-year-old newcomer, did not compete but secured a medal with the team.

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Simone Biles sets the record straight, reveals their REAL team nickname

Samantha Kubota

After a video of the U.S. women's gymnastics team revealing their NSFW nickname for themselves went viral on Tuesday, Simone Biles is setting the record straight.

Earlier in the day at a press conference following their gold medal win, the team had said their unofficial nickname for themselves was “F.A.A.F.O.” which means “f--- around and find out.”

However, by 2 a.m. (on Paris time) Biles tweeted an update, writing that they wanted to be called the "Golden Girls."

"ok on the real though, the official team name is golden girls (because oldest olympic team)," she wrote, with a shoutout to "cecile," presumably Cécile Canqueteau-Landi, Biles' coach at World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas.

As Biles noted in her post, the "Golden Girls" team is one of the oldest the U.S. has sent to to the Olympics. Biles is 27, Jade Carey is 24, Jordan Chiles is 23, Suni Lee is 21 and Hezly Rivera is 16.

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US women’s gymnastics on how they ‘embraced the moment’ this Olympics

Team USA's women's gymnastics team told NBC reporter Stephanie Gosk in the moments after their gold medal win that they were thrilled to have fans — and their families — in the stands to watch this time around after the Tokyo Games were limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This one is so different, I feel like we had so much fun this time, clearly," Suni Lee said. "It was so different, it was nice to be able to look up and see your family in the stands."

Simone Biles also added that there were so many fans in the stands that they had been "nervous we weren’t going to be able to hear our floor music and all of that."

"But we really just embraced the moment and had fun with it," she said.

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Simone Biles says she doesn't keep track of her medal count

In a press conference following her record-breaking Olympic win, Simone Biles revealed that she actually does not keep count of her own wins.

“I don’t keep count; I don’t keep stats,” NBC News reported Biles said. “I just go out here and do what I’m supposed to, and I’m doing what I love and enjoying it.”

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“Honestly, I would have had to Google that,” she said when asked about becoming the most decorated American Olympic gymnast of all time.

She added that she doesn't believe she will "truly understand the depth of it until I walk away from the sport.”

Biles hasn't yet said whether she plans to compete in the next Olympic Games in four years. NBC News reports that at 27, Biles is the oldest U.S. Olympic gymnast in 72 years.

The 2024 US women’s gymnastics team has a new NSFW nickname

Liz Calvario

We now know the nickname for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. At a press conference on July 30 — in a video shared by Kendall Baker of Yahoo Sports — former Olympian Aly Raisman asked the women what they were calling themselves.

“Don’t say it, don’t say it,” the gymnasts — Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera — could be heard coming from the gymnasts, before Biles said, “I’m not going to say it.”

They went on to share the abbreviation of it: “F.A.A.F.O.” which means “f--- around and find out.”

Read the full story here.

Barack Obama congratulates Team USA gymnasts for winning gold

Former President Barack Obama is also feeling the Team USA pride following the women's gymnastics team's gold medal victory.

"Congrats to the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team for winning gold and to the GOAT @Simone_Biles for becoming the most decorated American gymnast in history!" Obama posted to his X account on Tuesday, quote tweeting the Team USA post from earlier.

U.S. women's gymnastics team share gold medal TikToks

In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. women's gymnastics team's big win on Tuesday, fans watching from home couldn't help but notice that Simone Biles and Suni Lee were excitedly planning their victory TikToks.

And now we have a look at them!

Biles shared a video of the team taking a bite out of their gold medals, captioned "TASTE GOLDEN ❤️🇺🇸💙."

"turned on post notifs the second I heard the plans 😭 congratsss girls 🥹🫶," the official TikTok account wrote in the comments.

And Lee shared a video of the team lip-synching to audio from the 2005 Grammys when then-Kanye West (now Ye) won best rap album.

"Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win," they mouth over the original audio. "I guess we'll never know."

At the end, they hold up their gold medals and pose with them.

"OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTSSSS 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️," Lee captioned the clip.

US women's gymnastics team celebrates Olympic gold from the top of the podium

Team USA's women's gymnastics has officially been crowned the gold medal winners of the team competition at the Paris Olympics.

Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles , Jade Carey, and Suni Lee had the honor of standing at the top of the podium to receive their gold medals and listen to the "Star Spangled Banner."

Gold medalists Team United States during the women's team final of the Olympic Games.

Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast of all time

Alex Portée

There's a reason why they call her the GOAT. Simone Biles led the U.S. women's gymnastics team to victory and earned her eighth Olympic medal at Tuesday's team final. The achievement made her the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history.

Biles made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, where she won gold in the all-around, team, floor and vault exercises and took home bronze for balance beam.

At the 2020 Tokyo Games, scooped up two more gold medals before withdrawing from the event after being faced with a bout of the twisties.

According to NBC News , Biles now has 38 world and Olympic medals combined.

Stephen Nedoroscik and the U.S. men's gymnastics team cheer on Suni Lee

One day after the U.S. men’s gymnastics team clinched the bronze medal, team members were captured on camera enthusiastically watching Suni Lee perform her masterful floor routine. Among them was Stephen Nedoroscik, the team’s pommel horse expert, who garnered the eye of social media in recent days. Nedoroscik and the rest of his teammates were seen cheering passionately for Lee as she showcased her skills.

Team USA wins gold as Simone Biles brings it home!

Scott Stump

Redemption complete! Simone Biles fittingly put the final touches on Team USA's first team gold medal in women's gymnastics since 2016 with her floor exercise routine.

After the heartbreak of the Tokyo Olympics, Biles returned to help the U.S. bring home team gold in Paris, sharing a joyous group hug with her teammates.

She basked in roars of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" after her performance, looking as relieved as she was excited.

"Now that's a comeback," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said.

Italy finished second for its first team medal in women's gymnastics since 1928, while Brazil earned its first team medal in history by taking the bronze.

The U.S. "turned disappointment into dominance," Lerner said.

Jordan Chiles delivers 'an absolute monster' of a floor exercise routine

In one of the biggest moments of her career, Jordan Chiles delivered an electrifying floor exercise routine that had the crowd at Bercy Arena clapping along.

She ended with tears of joy and a roar from the crowd, finishing with a score of 13.966 to put Simone Biles in position to wrap up the gold for Team USA. Like almost every performance by the U.S. today, she improved on her qualifying score of 13.866.

“An absolute monster of a routine for Jordan Chiles,” NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said. “Quite possibly the best she could’ve done.”

A group of young gymnasts from Chiles' home gym were all dancing along to her routine while watching at the World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas.

You have to see what Jason Kelce is wearing at the Olympics

Elena Nicolaou

Jason Kelce is enjoying retirement.

The former Philadelphia Eagles center, who retired after the last NFL season, was spotted at the arena with his wife Kylie Kelce.

He appeared to be wearing a shirt with U.S. women's rugby player Ilona Maher, according to her Instagram story.

The two shared an earlier interaction where Maher convinced Kelce to be a women's rugby fan.

“I am officially a fan, women’s rugby, Olympics” he said.

“We got Jason Kelce,” Maher said, sparking cheers from others in the room with them.

Based on his outfit, her speech worked, clearly!

Suni Lee nails her floor exercise routine as Team USA nears gold

Team USA is closing in on the gold after Suni Lee turned in a score of 13.533 in the floor exercise, which is the final event of the competition.

"Oh, that was the best routine she could've done," NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said.

Lee improved on her 13.100 score in the qualifying round. She performed to music by Lindsey Stirling, the same artist she used for her floor routine at the Tokyo Olympics when she won the all-around gold medal.

She got cheers from country star Keith Urban and his wife, Nicole Kidman, in the crowd.

Who is commenting on gymnastics for NBC?

NBC has two commentators for the team final.

Olympian Laurie Hernandez was part of the Final Five team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016, along with Simone Biles. She took home a gold medal in the team event and a silver in the balance beam.

Rich Lerner is a longtime sports journalist and an anchor for Golf Central.

Team USA is up big going into the final event for the gold

Team USA is up big and looking to put the finishing touches on their first women's gymnastics team gold medal since 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

They lead second-place Italy by 3.602 points heading into the floor exercise, the last of their four events. Great Britain is in third, 4.967 points behind Team USA.

Simone Biles avoids a near fall on the beam to keep the U.S. in front

Simone Biles wobbled and nearly fell but recovered on her beam routine to finish with a solid score of 14.366 to keep Team USA in pole position for the gold.

"Any athlete would’ve fallen after that," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "She was able to save it.”

Hernandez was holding her breath at one point.

"Oh, that scared me," she said.

Biles, who posted a 14.733 on the beam during qualifying, earned a round of applause from retired NFL star Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie, in the crowd.

What to know about Simone Biles calf injury

The 27-year-old’s personal coach, Cecile Landi, said Biles' calf bothered her for a couple of weeks before the women’s qualification round on July 28, according to NBC News . Landi explained that the pain had subsided for a time up until the qualification round.

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Ahead of competing in the event, Biles had her left leg taped during warm-ups for her floor exercise routine. Later, she was seen using her foam roller to massage the area.

Landi said after the qualifying round that there were no concerns about Biles being able to compete in the team finals. A reporter also asked the star gymnast after the qualifying round how she was doing .

“As good as I can be,” she responded, according to CNN .

During qualifying, she turned in a strong routine on the balance beam before appearing to hurt her left leg while warming up for the floor exercise.

Despite the setback, she still posted the highest all-around score (59.566) of any gymnast in the qualifying round and had a top score on the vault (15.8) and floor exercise (14.600).

Biles withdrew from the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and only participated in the balance beam in the individual rounds after suffering a bout of “ the twisties .”

Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb went wild for Team USA

The TODAY co-hosts screamed and hooped inside the arena where the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold for the women’s gymnastics team final.

Hoda and Savannah watch women's gymnastics.

Earlier at the event, the duo cheered on with gusto as they watched Suni Lee perform.

Guthrie and Kotb could be seen cheering and roaring with enthusiasm as the gymnast stuck her landing for the uneven bars.

"Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were ALL OF US watching Suni Lee on bars!" reads an Instagram caption featuring a post of their reaction.

Suni Lee turns in her 'best' with a strong beam routine

Suni Lee put any fears of Jordan Chiles' fall on the beam snowballing with a sterling beam routine to earn a great score of 14.600.

"Her beam was a bit shaky in qualifications, but here, that was the best she could've done," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "That is exactly what we like to see."

Lee leaped with joy and a beaming smile after sticking her landing and besting her qualifying score of 14.033.

The sisters of the Auburn University star were seen high-fiving and cheering in the crowd after her routine.

Jordan Chiles falls on beam — but it won't affect Team USA's chance of gold, Hernandez says

Jordan Chiles started her beam routine courting disaster by falling off the beam to the left, but recovered to finish without any other major mistakes for a score of 12.733.

Chiles shook her head as she walked back to the sideline.

NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez was asked if the low score will affect Team USA's chances of gold.

"No," she said. "It just won't. However, of course no one wants a fall to be counted."

Chiles posted a 13.600 on the beam during Sunday's qualifying round.

Simone Biles' husband, Jonathan Owens, is in Paris — wearing a Simone shirt

Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens has made it to Bercy Arena in Paris just in time to cheer on his wife, Simone Biles, and the rest of Team USA.

Owens posted a photo on his Instagram story from inside the venue ahead of today's competition after flying to Paris earlier today. He had an excused absence from the Bears' preseason training camp to come to France to watch Biles compete.

Biles also posted a photo on her Instagram story of Owens on the plane flashing her the peace sign with the caption, “Coming for you baby.”

Owens shared a quick video on Instagram before takeoff, saying he "can't wait to get there."

Biles has been looking forward to having Owens and her family in Paris compared to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when spectators were not allowed.

“I think it’s going to be just like Rio, having family there to support whatever we need, but really just having fun, embracing that moment, making those memories,” she said on TODAY on July 17. “I’m excited that I get to do it with my family.”

Minutes before the competition was set to begin, he posted to his story again — this time, a snap of a crowded arena and an empty events space.

"Almost go time," he wrote.

Ahead of the event, he walked into the arena and showed NBC Sports his outfit: A shirt with Biles' name is bold red lettering.

Nicole Kidman sighting!

Does heartbreak feel good in a place like this? Ask Nicole Kidman as she watches the women's gymnastics team final. The actor and AMC spokesperson watched with her daughters and husband Keith Urban .

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Suni Lee's sisters cheer for her after her uneven bars routine

Shyenne and Evionn Lee were spotted cheering for their sister, Olympian Suni Lee, after her uneven bars routine.

Suni Lee has five siblings, and all have ben seen supporting her at events.

Suni Lee struggles on uneven bars, but shows she's 'a fighter'

Suni Lee persevered through a mistake in the middle of her uneven bars routine on her way to still finish with a solid score of 14.566.

The reigning all-around Olympic gold medalist, who fell on the bars during warmups, briefly tapped her feet on the ground in the middle of her routine.

Lee, who overcame a kidney disease just to qualify for Paris, scored a 14.866 in the uneven bars in the qualifying round on Sunday.

"She shows often that she’s a fighter, and now she’s showing us on the mat," Hernandez said during her routine.

Team USA continues to look great in the early going.

"It's going to be OK for Team USA, nothing to worry about," Hernandez said about the overall quest for gold.

Natalie Portman among the celebs watching the women's gymnastics team final

Natalie Portman joins the likes of Serena Williams, Spike Lee and Michael Phelps at the Bercy Arena on July 30, watching nail-biting event after nail-biting event. Here, she's seen clapping ... and maybe letting out an exhale of relief.

Jordan Chiles’ parents feel every emotion as she competes

While Chiles, 23, performed at the women's gymnastics team finals, her parents, Timothy Chiles and Gina Chiles, were right there for every emotional twist and turn.

In the stands, her parents were spotted doing what NBC Olympic's X account described as the "mom and dad squirm" as she took to the uneven bars.

They were seen wriggling and shifting uneasily as she performed. When she was done, Chiles' father exploded into the air and proudly beat his chest.

After watching her execute her floor routine, Gina could be seen yelling, "Let's go!" before she burst into tears for her daughter.

Chiles' floor routine earned a score of 13.966.

Michael Phelps cheers on Simone Biles after uneven bars

It was a meeting of the Olympics legends. The world’s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, cheered on Biles from the stands and applauded after she went on uneven bars, clapping enthusiastically.

"He gets it," Rich Lerner said.

"He's one of the few who does," Laurie Hernandez replied. She later said, "I always find it so exciting to watch mind-blowing watch the other."

'A slay': Jordan Chiles' makeup gets a gold

Jordan Chiles stuck the landing on uneven bars ... and did the same for her makeup look.

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Online commentators are admiring the high-stakes intensity of the gymnastics team final, and her eye makeup! Chiles has white eyeliner and deep plum lips.

Simone Biles does 'more than enough' with her uneven bars routine

The crowd is roaring and Team USA is rolling after a smiling Simone Biles finished her uneven bars routine with a score of 14.400.

Laurie Hernandez said on NBC that it wasn't one of Biles' best uneven bars routines, but "for team finals, it is more than enough."

"The gap between her and everyone else is the size of the Grand Canyon," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said.

Jordan Chiles hits one of her 'best routines' in uneven bars

Jordan Chiles pumped her fists and yelled "Let's go!" after turning in a strong performance on the uneven bars that earned her an excellent score of 14.366, beating the 14.266 that she had in qualifying.

“If I could scream into a pillow right now I would," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "I am so proud of her for getting up there and hitting one of the best routines Jordan Chiles could possibly do here in team finals."

Her routine drew cheers from her parents as well as Natalie Portman, Serena Williams and gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci in the crowd.

Laurie Hernandez gasps during Suni Lee's warmups

As Suni Lee was warming up during the uneven bars, she fell to the ground. Analyst Laurie Hernandez let out a gasp.

"Got to work on those involuntary actions," she said, with a laugh, comparing broadcasting to gymnastics.

Brazil's Flavia Saraiva cut her eye on a fall in warm-ups but still competed on uneven bars

Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva went ahead with her uneven bars routine despite a fall on the bars in warmups in which she suffered a cut above her right eye.

"She left to get medical attention, but she is back," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said. "She's tough."

"There is nothing worse than not just falling in warmups but blanking out and having that moment replay in your mind right before competing," analyst Laurie Hernandez said.

Spike Lee gives Team USA standing ovation

Director Spike Lee was seen cheering on Team USA as they entered the arena.

Team USA's floor exercise music, explained

Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee all are doing floor routines at the Olympics today.

Chiles' floor routine is set to a Beyoncé medley, various songs include "Black Parade," "End of Time," "Renaissance" songs “My House" and “Energy,” plus “Lose My Breath” by Destiny’s Child.

Biles' also includes Beyoncé — and Taylor Swift, too. Her set features "...Ready For It?’ and "Delresto (Echoes)" by Travis Scott ft. Beyoncé.

Suni Lee's floor routine is set to "Eye of the Untold Her” by Lindsey Stirling.

A 'massive exhale' after Simone Biles continues Team USA's strong start on the vault

Simone Biles continued the early momentum for the U.S. team with a 14.900 in her vault.

"Solid, safe, and cheers," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said on the broadcast.

Vault was the event in which Biles withdrew from the team competition in Tokyo, so she's showing it's a much different story on the "redemption tour" in Paris.

"This was as good as Team USA could kick off the competition for them," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "I bet gym fans and new fans alike have let out a massive exhale after seeing her do this."

Jade Carey competes on vault, her only event

Jade Carey, the third gymnast, took her position at the vault following a sickness. She followed teammate Jordan Chiles.

She had a 14.666 in qualifications, which is "quite a nice score," according to presenter Hernandez. Ahead of her performance, her coach (and dad) Brian Carey looked on.

Her score was 14.800.

Jordan Chiles starts on vault

Jordan Chiles got Team USA started on vault with a strong score of 14.400, besting her score of 14.333 in the qualifying round.

"Wow, incredible start for Team USA," NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said on the broadcast after Chiles' vault.

Why Hezly Rivera, 16, won't be competing for Team USA today.

The newest addition to Team USA's star-studded lineup will not be competing today barring an injury to a teammate that requires her to step in.

The 16-year-old from New Jersey, who is the youngest Olympian in any sport on the U.S. team, will not compete after finishing behind Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee in Sunday's qualifying round.

Only three gymnasts can compete in each of the four events for each team in the finals. Every score counts in the finals, compared to the qualifying round, where teams can drop the worst of their four scores.

Rivera competed in uneven bars and balance beam during qualifying, finishing behind three of her teammates in both events. Her 13.9 ranked 20th overall in the uneven bars and her 12.633 on the balance beam ranked 46th.

Rivera still gets a gold medal if the U.S. takes the team title, making her one of the younger gold medalists in the history of the U.S. team.

Team USA is in the building!

Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera and Jordan Chiles made their entrance at Bercy Arena in Paris around 12:16 p.m. ET.

Biles, Lee, Rivera and Chiles wore white sweat suits. Carey entered in her sparkly red, white and blue leotard. They immediately began warming up.

What are the twisties, and can Simone Biles get them again?

Simone Biles had to drop out of the last Olympics due to the "twisties."

The phenomenon happens when a gymnast is in midair and loses their sense of where they are and how they’ll land, raising the risk of serious injury. Biles described it as being “lost in the air" during an April episode of the podcast “Call Her Daddy” with Alex Cooper .

She described the sensation in further detail, likening it to being unable to control a car you drive daily.

“Your mind and your body are at a disconnect. Your body is going to try to do something, and your mind is going to be like, ‘No, you’re not doing this,’” Biles said, adding that in her case, she had no airbags and no seatbelt: “I am my car.”

Biles, who experienced the twisties before the Tokyo Olympics, said the reason for it was likely stress and other psychological factors.

“(The pressure) feels heavy,” she told TODAY’s Hoda Kotb in 2021. “It’s like the weight of the world on your shoulders and I’m very small, so I feel like, at times, it’s very overwhelming, but whenever you get so overwhelmed and have triggers, it’s just like — I have to focus on my mental wellbeing and that’s what I did.”

This Olympics, Biles appears to be unhampered by the twisties, and powered through a calf injury to post the highest all-around score of any gymnast in Sunday's qualifying round.

All the records Simone Biles can set if Team USA wins gold

Another medal of any kind would make Simone Biles the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast of all time with eight.

She enters today's competition with four gold medals, two bronze and one silver in her Olympic career, which ties her with former two-time Olympian Shannon Miller at 7 Olympic medals. Biles' four gold medals are already a U.S. record for women's gymnastics.

Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history between world championships and the Olympics with 37 total medals.

The 27-year-old superstar would also be the oldest woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics in U.S. history.

Winning team gold would give her an outside shot at tying former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina for the Olympic record of nine gold medals.

Biles would have five career gold medals, with potentially four still up for grabs. She has qualified for the individual all-around vault, balance beam and floor exercise events on Thursday.

Which event could determine if Team USA wins gold if the final is close?

The U.S. enters as a strong favorite to run away with the team gold medal after besting its closest competitor, Italy, by more than five points in the qualifying round.

However, if contenders like Italy, China and Brazil are neck and neck with Team USA throughout the competition, it could come down to the floor exercise for the U.S. to clinch gold.

Floor exercise is the last of the four events for Team USA after vault, uneven bars and balance beam. Two of the biggest stars in the event, Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, finished 1-2 in the floor exercise during qualifying, although Biles had a big gap (14.6 compared to 13.9 points) as the top performer.

Team USA's Jade Carey is the defending individual gold medalist in floor exercise from the Tokyo Olympics, but she will not be competing in the event today. She finished 74th in qualifying with a 10.633 after struggling mightily while feeling under the weather .

That means Biles, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee will be the ones to bring it home in floor exercise. The event is a strength for Chiles, who finished third in qualifying, while Lee took 24th.

The hope is that the loss of Carey in the event doesn't make it a nerve-rattling finish for Team USA. Even with her struggles in the qualifying round, Team USA still built a big enough lead to win handily.

Brazil and Italy each had three gymnasts in the Top 13 in the floor exercise during qualifying.

What is the Biles II? All about Simone Biles' breathtaking vault

The term "signature skill" for Simone Biles is not just an expression. She actually has five gymnastics skills named after her and another one pending as she continues to push the boundaries of the sport.

None of them may be more spectacular and gravity-defying than the Biles II on the vault, which will be Biles' first event in today's team finals.

She nailed a Biles II during the qualifying round on Sunday on her way to a 15.8, the highest score on the vault of any gymnast.

The breathtaking maneuver involves a back handspring off the vaulting table into a double pike, which is two rotations of the body in pike position.

She became the first gymnast to ever land that combination in an international competition at the 2023 world championships on her way to winning the all-around title. The skill was dubbed the Biles II and has a maximum 6.4 difficulty rating.

No other gymnast in the world has ever completed one in international competition. The degree of difficulty is so high that even if Biles has points deducted for hopping back on her landing, it doesn't dramatically affect her score.

She also has a Biles II on the floor exercise, which involves two flips and three twists and requires immense power to get her high off the floor.

In case you're wondering, the Biles I is a double layout with a half-turn in the floor exercise. There's also a Biles I on the vault, which is a roundoff with a half-twist onto the vaulting table followed by a front double full somersault off the table.

Panama's Hillary Heron, 20, became the only other gymnast to do a Biles I in the floor exercise at the Olympics when she did it during the qualifying round on Sunday.

Who is Team USA's biggest competition for the team gold medal?

The U.S. squad enters as a heavy favorite to win gold. This is the first time in Olympic history that two previous individual all-around Olympic gold medalists enter on the same team, between Suni Lee (2020) and Simone Biles (2016).

Italy finished second behind the U.S. during qualifying, but it was a distant second in gymnastics scoring at more than five points. The Italians have not won a team gymnastics medal in the Olympics since 1928.

Jade Carey said she hasn't been feeling well and Biles appeared to be dealing with a lower left leg injury , and Team USA still dominated qualifying. If they are able to repeat that performance and Carey is feeling better today, the U.S. will be very hard to beat.

China and Brazil are also considered a threat. China last won team gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Brazil has never won a medal in the Olympic team competition, but is led by all-around star Rebeca Andrade .

The team champion from the Tokyo Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), is not competing in Paris because of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Team USA was the heavy favorite to win in Tokyo before Biles withdrew from the team competition.

China last won team gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Jade Carey has been battling sickness. How is she now?

The 24-year-old gymnast told Olympics.com that an undisclosed illness led to her falling during the floor exercise, the event that earned her a gold medal in Tokyo.

“I just have not been feeling well the past few days and haven’t been able to eat or anything,” she said.

She continued, “I had, like, no energy today and didn’t really have a sense of what was going on in my head. So, I just kind of wanted people to know that so, they know that there’s actually something wrong.”

Carey's mom gave an update on TODAY July 28, saying, “She’s doing much better today. Trying to hydrate, get some food in, ready to go.”

Carey won't get a chance to defend her gold in the floor exercise but she did qualify for the women's vault final.

NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez says Simone Biles is 'doing OK' and ready to perform in the team finals

NBC Olympic gymnastics analyst Laurie Hernandez said on TODAY this morning that she heard Team USA's practice yesterday was "completely normal" amid worries about Simone Biles' calf and Jade Carey's health.

Biles appeared to be fighting through a lower left leg injury during Sunday's qualifying, while Carey struggled in her signature event, the floor exercise, and later said she wasn't feeling well . Hernandez, who was part of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Rio de Janeiro, said there shouldn't be concerns heading into today's team finals.

"From what I heard practice yesterday went completely normal, which is exactly what we want to hear," she said. "I know after watching qualifications there was some worries and speculations about Simone’s calf and what’s going on there. But from what we’re hearing, she’s doing OK. She’s going to get out there on the competition floor and do what we know Simone Biles can do best."

Team USA enters as a heavy favorite to win the team title.

"This team is so fierce and has said multiple time and time again they’re going for gold, and I’ll think we’ll see that happen later today," she said.

A key will be getting off to a good start in their first event, the vault. Biles posted the highest score of any gymnast (15.8) in that event in the qualifying round.

"We’re looking for confidence, we’re looking for minimal wobbles, and hopefully no landing deductions," Hernandez said.

Jordan Chiles and Simone Biles danced along with Snoop Dogg to get into the Paris Olympic vibe

Leave it up to Snoop Dogg to break any tension as Team USA women's gymnastics goes for the team gold.

The famously laid back rapper and beloved Olympic commentator had stars Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles busting out dance moves during the qualifying round on Sunday, bringing a whole other vibe than the tension of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Chiles and Biles caught a glimpse of Snoop dancing in the crowd and couldn't help but groove along with him. Spectators weren't allowed at the Tokyo Olympics, but one spectator in particular has made all the difference in Paris.

“Anybody have any more fun than Snoop? I don’t think so,” announcer Terry Gannon said during the broadcast.

Read more about Snoop's time at the Olympics.

What celebrities are watching the women's gymnastics team final?

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The women's gymnastics qualifying round was among the places to be at the Paris Olympics, so look for plenty of famous faces in the crowd at Bercy Arena today with a gold medal on the line.

Among the attendees in the qualifiers?

Tom Cruise, fresh off his meeting with Hoda Kotb , enthusiastic commentator Snoop Dogg , Lady Gaga of Olympics opening ceremony fame, Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and her children, rocker Nick Jonas, singer John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen, " Wicked" co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo , actor couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Nina Dobrev and her Olympian partner Shaun White, and more.

On July 30, the celebrities kept coming in.

Which U.S. gymnasts are competing in which events?

Each qualifying country selects three gymnasts to choose to compete in each event. Here's how Team USA is shaking out during this team final.

Vault : Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Simone Biles
Bars : Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, Suni Lee
Beam : Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Simone Biles
Floor : Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles

Which Team USA gymnasts are competing in the final?

All the big names on Team USA will be combining together to try to bring home their first team gold in eight years.

Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Suni Lee, who all competed in the Tokyo Olympics, will be in action.

No more than three gymnasts from the same team can compete in a single event, by Olympic rule. Newcomer Hezly Rivera, 16, who is also eligible to compete in the team final, did not finish in the top three on the team in any event during qualifying.

The pressure is on all of them because no bad scores can be dropped from the overall team score, which is a rule that was instituted at the 2004 Olympics. That means if someone falls or has a disastrous routine, that score will count to the overall score, leaving the door open for another team to win by just having all of their gymnasts perform clean routines.

There are 12 total routines per team (three gymnasts each in four events) in the finals.

The road to the final: How teams qualify

Twelve teams competed on Sunday, with the eight highest-scoring teams advancing to today's competition.

Teams competed in vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise, with the scores from each event being added up for a cumulative score. Five gymnasts from each team can compete in the four events in qualifying, with no more than three in a single event.

The three highest scores from each team in each event count toward the team score in qualifying for the team final. Using the vault as an example, the top-three scores by Simone Biles (15.8), Jade Carey (14.666) and Jordan Chiles (14.333) gave Team USA a score of 44.799 in the vault in the team qualifying.

Then the team scores of all four events are added together for a cumulative score.

Team USA finished with the highest qualifying score at 172.296, followed by Italy with 166.861. Qualifying scores do not carry over to the finals.

Here's everything to know about the format .

Which teams qualified for the women's team final?

The top eight women's squads reached the team final after Sunday's qualifying round, led by Team USA.

In addition to the United States, the other qualifiers are Italy, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Romania.

The U.S. team won the qualifying rounds by a large margin of more than five points, but team scores revert to zero for the finals, so nothing from qualifying carries over.

When are the women's gymnastics team finals? How to watch

The action gets underway at 12:15 p.m. ET at Bercy Arena in Paris.

The order of events is what's known as the Olympic order, which is vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and then floor exercise.

Team USA and Italy, who qualified No. 1 and No. 2, will start on vault and then progress through the three other events in that order (bars/beam/floor).

China and Brazil will start on the uneven bars, Japan and Canada will start on the balance beam, and Great Britain and Romania will start on the floor exercise.

The team final will be live on NBC and streamed live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com , the NBC Olympics app and the NBC app.

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How is Team USA faring in the Olympics? Here's a medal count so far

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The United States has become the first country to surpass the 3,000-Olympic medal barrier . This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA’s historic performances in Paris in the pool, picking up four medals.

Among the highlights were Regan Smith claiming silver in the women’s 100m backstroke and her teammate Katharine Berkoff capturing bronze. Australian Kaylee McKeown defended her Olympic title, setting a new record of 57.33.

But it was Berkoff’s bronze that earned the distinction of not only winning the 3,000 th medal for Team USA, but she also copped the 600 th Olympic medal earned by a USA swimming athlete.

Also earning a similar distinction, was Team USA’s Bobby Finke, who won silver in the men’s 800m freestyle and captured the 600 th medal won by the USA in an Olympic pool event. Irishman Daniel Wiffen, who claimed his nation's first medal this Olympics with his win, bested Finke in a time of 7:38.19. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri won bronze.

It wasn’t, however, only individual wins for Team USA; the men’s 4X200m freestyle relay team comprising the quartet of Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler, and Kieran Smith won the silver medal with a time of 7:00.78, 1.35 seconds behind Great Britain who won the gold. Australia won the bronze.

No one does it like U.S. 🇺🇸 Team USA has won 3,000 Olympic medals! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/r5cKgnA6Ux — Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2024

Team USA's journey to reach the 3,000-medal milestone couldn't have happened without the massive 5.8-point margin win for the women's gymnastics team to reclaim the gold medal over Italy in the all-around competition. Simone Biles, who finished as the leading scorer of the night, along with teammates Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Jade Carey, got Olympic glory for their country with medal No. 2,998.

The Paris Olympics are indeed in full swing with nearly 7,000 athletes from 206 delegations vying for bronze, silver, and of course, gold.

As of Tuesday evening, Team USA has won 26 medals. Other teams to reach double-digits in medals are France 18; China 14; Japan with 13; Great Britain 12, and Australia, Italy, and South Korea each with 11.

Torri Huske of Team USA reacts after winning gold in the women’s 100-meter butterfly final on Sunday at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Torri Huske missed a medal by 1/100th of a second in Tokyo. On Sunday, she won gold

While the U.S. may have the most medals so far, gold medals are a different story.

Japan leads the way with seven. China and Australia are tied with six gold medals each. France and South Korea are also ahead of the U.S. with five gold medals, respectively — putting all of those countries higher on the official Olympic medal table. The U.S. ties with Great Britain at four gold medals so far.

Now, no nation officially "wins" the Olympics but earning the most medals or gold medals remains a symbol of victory for participating countries.

So, how is Team USA doing so far? As of Tuesday evening:

Gold medals: 4

· Fencing: 1

· Swimming: 2

· Gymnastics: 1

Silver medals: 8

· Diving: 1

· Mountain Bike: 1

· Skateboarding: 1

· Swimming: 4

Bronze medals: 9

· Artistic Gymnastics: 1

· Road cycling: 1

· Swimming: 5

Overall country medal standings:

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	2	4	13
	6	2	14
	4	1	11
	9	4	18
	3	3	11
	11	11	26
	5	3	12
	4	4	11
	2	2	6
	0	1	3
	0	0	2
	0	2	3
	0	2	3
	0	1	2
	0	1	2
	0	0	1
	0	0	1
	0	0	1
	0	0	1
	0	0	1

Correction July 30, 2024

A previous version of this story incorrectly identified two U.S. swimmers as Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh. They are Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff.

Royals swing deadline deals to add Paul DeJong and Lucas Erceg

Apr 28, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Lucas Erceg (70) reacts to a strikeout to end the game during the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: James A. Pittman-USA TODAY Sports

By Johnny Flores, Melissa Lockard and Aaron Gleeman

The Kansas City Royals struck quickly on Tuesday afternoon, swinging a pair of separate deals in rapid succession to bring in reliever Lucas Erceg from the Oakland Athletics and shortstop Paul DeJong from the Chicago White Sox ahead of baseball’s trade deadline. The Royals are sending three prospects back to the A’s for Erceg, right-handers Mason Barnett and Will Klein and outfielder Jared Dickey ; and according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com the White Sox are receiving right-handed pitching prospect Jarold Rosado.

With closer Mason Miller on the IL, Oakland seemingly pivoted and elected to take advantage of the demand on the reliever market. Erceg is under club control through 2030, making him a valuable trade chip in a market wrought with rentals. The possibility of trading Erceg was floated by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal on Monday, with teams inquiring about the 29-year-old setup man. ESPN first reported the Erceg deal.

A former star at Cal as a position player, Erceg made the transition to the mound in 2022. While in the Brewers organization, he opened up to The Athletic’s Will Sammon about his path to sobriety . He reached Triple A with the Brewers in 2023 before the A’s acquired him for cash considerations in May. He was promptly promoted to the big leagues and spent much of the rest of the season in the A’s bullpen, dazzling at times with his near 100 mph fastball but also struggling with command.

Erceg has been a fixture in the back of the A’s bullpen this season, although he has struggled some after a red-hot start. He has a 3.68 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings. He has cut his walk rate nearly 2 percent this season and is among the best in baseball at limiting hard contact.

Erceg, who ranked No. 37 overall and No. 8 among relievers on the The Athletic’s Trade Deadline Big Board did miss time earlier this season with a strained right forearm.

Kansas City is aiming for a postseason berth and they were among the many teams looking for relief help at the deadline, but Erceg makes particular sense for the Royals because he’s minimum salaried for now and will be under inexpensive team control for as many as five additional seasons. If his pitching breakout proves sustainable, he’s a power arm around whom the Royals can build their future bullpen.

The Royals are adding DeJong to their mix.The middle infielder is having a bit of a revival year at the plate after he hit just .226/.281/.393 for three teams last season and had only 12 hits in 93 at-bats for the Blue Jays and later the Giants after a midseason trade from the Cardinals . This season, in 102 games for the White Sox, DeJong is hitting .228/.275/.430 with 18 home runs, though he has a 112:14 K:BB. He can be used all over the infield and has played a mix of third base and shortstop this season.

To get Erceg, the Royals are giving up one of their better starting pitching prospects in Barnett. Ranked as the Royals’ No. 6 prospect coming into the season by The Athletic’s Keith Law, Barnett is currently at the Double-A level, where he has a 4.91 ERA in 91 2/3 innings, with 109 strikeouts and 35 walks. The 23-year-old was a 2022 third-round pick out of Auburn. His fastball can touch 98 and sits mid-90s. He pairs that with two breaking balls and a changeup.

Dickey, a 2023 11th-round pick out of Tennessee, split his time between the outfield and catcher in college but moved permanently to the outfield with the Royals. Currently at High A, the 22-year-old is batting .269/.360/.424 with nine homers in 81 games.

Klein, 24, made his major-league debut earlier this season, appearing in five games out of the bullpen for the Royals. In 37 2/3 innings out of the bullpen in Triple A, Klein has a 3.58 ERA and a 38:27 K:BB. His fastball can reach triple-digits and averaged 97 mph in his MLB stint.

Rosado is the return for DeJong. He goes to the White Sox in the middle of a breakout season with Low-A Columbia, where has a 1.85 ERA in 39 innings with a 45:11 K:BB. Rosado, 22, is a native of the Dominican Republic who made his professional debut last season.

(Top photo of Lucas Erceg: James A. Pittman / USA Today)

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What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos

Person looking at monitors with overlaid Crowdstrike and Microsoft Windows logos (Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch)

A faulty software update issued by security giant CrowdStrike has resulted in a massive overnight outage that’s affected Windows computers around the world , disrupting businesses, airports, train stations, banks, broadcasters and the healthcare sector.

CrowdStrike said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but was the result of a “defect” in a software update for its flagship security product, Falcon Sensor. The defect caused any Windows computers that Falcon is installed on to crash without fully loading.

“The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed,” said CrowdStrike in a statement on Friday . Some businesses and organizations are beginning to recover, but many expect the outages to drag on into the weekend or next week given the complexity of the fix. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz told NBC News that it may take “some time for some systems that just automatically won’t recover.” In a later tweet , Kurtz apologized for the disruption.

Here’s everything you need to know about the outages.

What happened?

Late Thursday into Friday, reports began to emerge of IT problems wherein Windows computers were getting stuck with the infamous “blue screen of death” — a bright blue error screen with a message that displays when Windows encounters a critical failure, crashes or cannot load.

The outages were first noticed in Australia early on Friday, and reports quickly came in from the rest of Asia and Europe as the regions began their day, as well as the United States.

Within a short time, CrowdStrike confirmed that a software update for Falcon had malfunctioned and was causing Windows computers that had the software installed to crash. Falcon lets CrowdStrike remotely analyze and check for malicious threats and malware on installed computers.

At around the same time, Microsoft reported a significant outage at one of its most used Azure cloud regions covering much of the central United States. A spokesperson for Microsoft told TechCrunch that its outage was unrelated to CrowdStrike’s incident .

Around Friday noon (Eastern time), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X saying the company is aware of the CrowdStrike botched update and is “working closely with CrowdStrike and across the industry to provide customers technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online.”

What is CrowdStrike and what does Falcon Sensor do?

CrowdStrike, founded in 2011, has quickly grown into a cybersecurity giant. Today the company provides software and services to 29,000 corporate customers, including around half of Fortune 500 companies, 43 out of 50 U.S. states and eight out of the top 10 tech firms, according to its website .

The company’s cybersecurity software, Falcon, is used by enterprises to manage security on millions of computers around the world. These businesses include large corporations, hospitals, transportation hubs and government departments. Most consumer devices do not run Falcon and are unaffected by this outage.

One of the company’s biggest recent claims to fame was when it caught a group of Russian government hackers breaking into the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. CrowdStrike is also known for using memorable animal-themed names for the hacking groups it tracks based on their nationality, such as: Fancy Bear , believed to be part of Russia’s General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU; Cozy Bear , believed to be part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR; Gothic Panda , believed to be a Chinese government group; and Charming Kitten , believed to be an Iranian state-backed group. The company even makes action figures to represent these groups, which it sells as swag .

CrowdStrike is so big it’s one of the sponsors of the Mercedes F1 team , and this year even aired a Super Bowl ad — a first for a cybersecurity company.

Who are the outages affecting?

Practically anyone who during their everyday life interacts with a computer system running software from CrowdStrike is affected, even if the computer isn’t theirs.

These devices include the cash registers at grocery stores, departure boards at airports and train stations, school computers, your work-issued laptops and desktops, airport check-in systems, airlines’ own ticketing and scheduling platforms, healthcare networks and many more. Because CrowdStrike’s software is so ubiquitous, the outages are causing chaos around the world in a variety of ways. A single affected Windows computer in a fleet of systems could be enough to disrupt the network.

TechCrunch reporters around the world are seeing and experiencing outages, including at points of travel, doctors’ offices and online. Early on Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration put in effect a ground stop, effectively grounding flights across the United States, citing the disruption. It looks like so far the national Amtrak rail network is functioning as normal.

What is the U.S. government doing so far?

Given that the problem stems from a company, there isn’t much that the U.S. federal government can do. According to a pool report, President Biden was briefed on the CrowdStrike outage, and “his team is in touch with CrowdStrike and impacted entities.” That’s in large part because the federal government is a customer of CrowdStrike and also affected.

Several federal agencies are affected by the incident, including the Department of Education , and Social Security Administration, which said Friday that it closed its offices as a result of the outage.

The pool report said Biden’s team is “engaged across the interagency to get sector by sector updates throughout the day and is standing by to provide assistance as needed.”

In a separate tweet, Homeland Security said it was working with its U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, CrowdStrike and Microsoft — as well as its federal, state, local and critical infrastructure partners — to “fully assess and address system outages.”

There will no doubt be questions for CrowdStrike (and to some extent Microsoft, whose unrelated outage also caused disruption overnight for its customers) from government and congressional investigators.

For now, the immediate focus will be on the recovery of affected systems.

How do affected customers fix their Windows computers?

The major problem here is that CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor software malfunctioned, causing Windows machines to crash, and there’s no easy way to fix that.

So far, CrowdStrike has issued a patch, and it has also detailed a workaround that could help affected systems function normally until it has a permanent solution. One option is for users to “reboot the [affected computer] to give it an opportunity to download the reverted channel file,” referring to the fixed file.

In a message to users , CrowdStrike detailed a few steps customers can take, one of which requires physical access to an affected system to remove the defective file. CrowdStrike says users should boot the computer into Safe Mode or Windows Recovery Environment, navigate to the CrowdStrike directory, and delete the faulty file “C-00000291*.sys.”

The wider problem with having to fix the file manually could be a major headache for companies and organizations with large numbers of computers, or Windows-powered servers in datacenters or locations that might be in another region, or an entirely different country.

CISA warns that malicious actors are ‘taking advantage’ of the outage

In a statement on Friday, CISA attributed the outages to the faulty CrowdStrike update and that the issue was not due to a cyberattack. CISA said that it was “working closely with CrowdStrike and federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners, as well as critical infrastructure and international partners to assess impacts and support remediation efforts.”

CISA did note, however, that it has “observed threat actors taking advantage of this incident for phishing and other malicious activity.” The cybersecurity agency did not provide more specifics, but warned organizations to stay vigilant.

Malicious actors can and will exploit confusion and chaos to carry out cyberattacks on their own. Rachel Tobac, a social engineering expert and founder of cybersecurity firm SocialProof Security, said in a series of posts on X to “verify people are who they say they are before taking sensitive actions.”

“Criminals will attempt to use this IT outage to pretend to be IT to you or you to IT to steal access, passwords, codes, etc.,” Tobac said.

What do we know about misinformation so far?

It’s easy to understand why some might have thought that this outage was a cyberattack. Sudden outages, blue screens at airports, office computers filled with error messages, and chaos and confusion. As you might expect, a fair amount of misinformation is already flying around , even as social media sites incorrectly flag trending topics like “cyberattack.”

Remember to check official sources of news and information, and if something seems too good to be true, it might just well be.

TechCrunch will keep this report updated throughout the day.

TechCrunch’s Ram Iyer contributed reporting.

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Manage who can present and request control in Teams meetings and
As an admin, you can manage who can present in meetings and webinars and whether participants and external participants can request control of the presentation. Manage who can present and request control. To manage who can present and request control, follow these steps: In the Teams admin center, expand Meetings and select Meeting policies.
Share Control of a PowerPoint Presentation in a Microsoft Teams Meeting
Learn how you can easily pass control back and forth when you choose to share directly present a PowerPoint file in your Teams Meeting. By selecting a file ...
No more "next slide please" with Microsoft Teams PowerPoint Live
One of the great meeting features of Microsoft Teams is PowerPoint Live Presenter mode. For me, the killer feature is that anyone can "Take control" of presenting the deck seamlessly. In my opinion, it really breaks the flow of a presentation for the presenter to keep prompting someone with "next slide please". It became a
How To Give Control in Teams to Switch Presenter
You can only give control to someone else in your Teams meeting when you're presenting. Mouse over the content you're sharing to activate the sharing toolbar and select Give control. From there, select the person you want to give control to. The person you want to give control to will receive a notification letting them know that you want ...
Share content in Microsoft Teams meetings
Start sharing content. To share content in a meeting, select Share in your meeting controls. Then, choose to present your entire screen, a window, a PowerPoint file, or a whiteboard. Note: If you're using Teams on the web, you'll be able to share your screen only if you're using Google Chrome or the latest version of Microsoft Edge.
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Here's how to use the Present in Teams but... Are you tired of saying (or hearing) "Next Slide Please" when you have more than one presenter in a Teams Meeting? Here's how to use the Present in ...
Present from PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams
Present your slides. If you're already in a Teams meeting, select Share and then under the PowerPoint Live section, choose the PowerPoint file you're wanting to present. If you don't see the file in the list, select Browse OneDrive or Browse my computer. If your presentation is already open in PowerPoint for Windows or Mac, go to the file ...
Share slides in Microsoft Teams meetings with PowerPoint Live
Present your slides. If you're already in a Teams meeting, select Share and then under the PowerPoint Live section, choose the PowerPoint file you're wanting to present. If you don't see the file in the list, select Browse OneDrive or Browse my computer. If your presentation is already open in PowerPoint for Windows or Mac, go to the file ...
Introducing PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams
PowerPoint Live takes presenting in Microsoft Teams to a new level of professionalism, personalization, and inclusivity. It brings together the creative capabilities of PowerPoint and collaboration features of Teams meetings, to deliver an unparalleled remote presentation experience that's engaging for both presenters and attendees.
The Ultimate How To Guide for Presenting Content in Microsoft Teams
A PowerPoint presentation from any Team and channel you belong to! Choose a PowerPoint presentation you opened or edited most recently (as you notice compared to other examples that this isn't 1:1 in sync.. ... Using Teams mobile you can also take control of a PowerPoint someone else is presenting (if you are a presenter in the meeting). This ...
Microsoft Teams: Take Control of a PowerPoint While Presenting
Here are your step-by-step Instructions: In a Teams meeting, go to the Share button. Scroll down until you see the PowerPoint Live section. When you are finished presenting, your co-organizer needs to select the Take Control button on their Teams window. To take back control, on your screen, tap the Take Control button.
How to Request Control in Microsoft Teams
Here is how Microsoft teams request control. 1. Launch the Microsoft Teams application. Sign-in if required and join a meeting. 2. Wait till one of the participants shares their screen. 3. Once the other participant shared their screen, click the Request control button to ask the presenter for their screen control. 4.
7 Options for Sharing PowerPoint Slides in Teams
In this article I am using the Teams app in Windows 10. The seven options are: Share your entire screen/desktop. Share the Slide Show window. Share the editing window with a clean look. Run the Slide Show in a window and share that window. Use the PowerPoint sharing option in Teams. Use Presenter View to show the audience your slides while you ...
Manage the meeting presentation experience for sensitive Teams meetings
To configure who can give control of a shared screen. In the Teams admin center, expand Meetings, and then select Meeting policies. Select the policy that you want to modify. ... Teams offers several presentation tools that allow for interactive participation of meeting attendees. The following table shows features that can help manage these tools.
Share Slides in Teams meetings with PowerPoint Live
This article applies to: Microsoft Teams. PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams offers several benefits over screen-sharing your PowerPoint presentation window or editing window. Seamlessly switch between presenters. Unlike screen-sharing, where the presentation is shared from a single presenter, co-presenters can take control of the slide deck ...
Microsoft Teams Give and Take Control is now generally available on
Give and Take Control allows a meeting participant to control the presenter's shared content during screensharing. With Give and Take Control: A presenter can give control of the shared content to another meeting participant to help present, change a file, make modifications, or demonstrate something.
Teams: PowerPoint Presenter View: Disable the "take control"
It is possible as a Presenter to disable the "take control" in the PowerPoint Presenter View? It is very annoying if you have a Teams meeting with a lot of people and you have to claim back the control over your Presentation every few minutes because a participant takes the control.
How to Present & How to take Remote Control in Microsoft Teams meetings?
You can only give control to someone else in your Teams meeting when you're presenting. Mouse over the content you're sharing to activate the sharing toolbar and select Give control. From there, select the person you want to give control to. The person you want to give control to will receive a notification letting them know that you want ...
Roles in Microsoft Teams meetings
There are three roles to choose from: co-organizer , presenter, and attendee. Co-organizers and presenters share most organizer permissions, while attendees are more controlled. Below are the specific capabilities of each role: *People in presenter roles who are not signed in can't see or admit others from the lobby on Teams web and desktop.
How to Use Teams Presenter Mode for PowerPoint Presentations
If PowerPoint is Not Already Open. In the Teams meeting, click Share > PowerPoint Live. Select the PowerPoint file you want to present from OneDrive or your computer. The file will open in Teams Presenter Mode. Once the presentation is started, you will see Presenter Mode controls at the top of the Teams window when viewing the active slide.
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Tip: Use PowerPoint Live to show slides in a meeting
Present your slides. If you're already in a Teams meeting, select Share and then under the PowerPoint Live section, choose the PowerPoint file you're wanting to present. If you don't see the file in the list, select Browse OneDrive or Browse my computer. If your presentation is already open in PowerPoint for Windows or Mac, go to the file ...

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