How to Start a Video Call in Microsoft Teams (2026 Step-by-Step)

How to start a video call in Microsoft Teams is one of the most common tasks for work, school, and remote meetings—but the steps can be confusing after recent Teams updates. In this Drew Tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to start a Microsoft Teams video call using the latest Teams interface in 2026, whether you’re calling one person or starting a video meeting with multiple participants. This step-by-step guide works on Windows, Mac, web, and mobile, so you can follow along no matter what device you’re using. ✅ What you’ll learn in this tutorial: How to start a video call in Microsoft Teams Start a Teams video call from chat or contacts Turn camera and microphone on or off before joining Video call vs meeting explained Microsoft Teams video call tips for beginners This tutorial is clear, fast, and beginner-friendly, designed to help you start your video call confidently without missing any steps. 👉 Subscribe to Drew Tutorial for more Microsoft Teams guides, remote work tips, and easy tech tutorials. 👉 Watch related videos on Teams chat, meetings, screen sharing, and call settings to level up your productivity. ━━━━━━━━ Affiliate Deals & Giveaways ━━━━━━━━ Upgrade your tech for less with discounted Windows & software keys: 🌟 Windows 10 & 11 keys at low prices 🌟 Budget-friendly software deals 🌟 Pre-built shopping carts 🌟 Weekly giveaways Use code: DREWTUTORIAL for 10% off 👉 https://www.premiumcdkeys.com?bg_ref=... ━━━━━━━━ Channel Tools (Affiliate) ━━━━━━━━ TubeBuddy: https://www.tubebuddy.com/pricing?a=d... VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/drew ━━━━━━━━ Support The Channel ━━━━━━━━ PayPal: https://paypal.me/drewtutorial Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/drewtutorial ━━━━━━━━ Disclaimer ━━━━━━━━ This video is for educational purposes only. It may include paid or unpaid promotions and affiliate links. Drew Tutorial may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.