This post explains how much data and bandwidth is required by Teams.
Enter
- Amount of time spent on meetings with Voice or Video
- Number of users
- Number of calls
The tool will provide the bandwidth with the desired units. It can be used to plan your network requirements.
Example Calculation
A one minute Teams voice meeting with a single user consumes 1.14 Megabytes.
A one minute Teams video meeting with a single user consumes 60 MB.
With 10 users the bandwidth (upload or download) is 40 Mbps at the highest quality video setting.
Background
Teams bandwidth consumption depends on whether it is a voice or video meeting and the app settings. We have used Microsoft’s recommendation for the best performance settings. Compare requirements for other applications using the table provided here.
Related Calculators
Compare the data use and bandwidth with
Microsoft Teams Data Consumption Table
The following table shows the data use for a single user in Megabytes for Voice and Video calling.
| Minutes | Voice Meeting (MB) | Video Meeting (MB) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.14 | 60 |
| 2 | 2.28 | 120 |
| 3 | 3.42 | 180 |
| 4 | 4.56 | 240 |
| 5 | 5.7 | 300 |
| 6 | 6.84 | 360 |
| 7 | 7.98 | 420 |
| 8 | 9.12 | 480 |
| 9 | 10.26 | 540 |
| 10 | 11.4 | 600 |
| 11 | 12.54 | 660 |
| 12 | 13.68 | 720 |
| 13 | 14.82 | 780 |
| 14 | 15.96 | 840 |
| 15 | 17.1 | 900 |
| 16 | 18.24 | 960 |
| 17 | 19.38 | 1020 |
| 18 | 20.52 | 1080 |
| 19 | 21.66 | 1140 |
| 20 | 22.8 | 1200 |
| 21 | 23.94 | 1260 |
| 22 | 25.08 | 1320 |
| 23 | 26.22 | 1380 |
| 24 | 27.36 | 1440 |
| 25 | 28.5 | 1500 |
| 26 | 29.64 | 1560 |
| 27 | 30.78 | 1620 |
| 28 | 31.92 | 1680 |
| 29 | 33.06 | 1740 |
| 30 | 34.2 | 1800 |
| 31 | 35.34 | 1860 |
| 32 | 36.48 | 1920 |
| 33 | 37.62 | 1980 |
| 34 | 38.76 | 2040 |
| 35 | 39.9 | 2100 |
| 36 | 41.04 | 2160 |
| 37 | 42.18 | 2220 |
| 38 | 43.32 | 2280 |
| 39 | 44.46 | 2340 |
| 40 | 45.6 | 2400 |
| 41 | 46.74 | 2460 |
| 42 | 47.88 | 2520 |
| 43 | 49.02 | 2580 |
| 44 | 50.16 | 2640 |
| 45 | 51.3 | 2700 |
| 46 | 52.44 | 2760 |
| 47 | 53.58 | 2820 |
| 48 | 54.72 | 2880 |
| 49 | 55.86 | 2940 |
| 50 | 57 | 3000 |
| 51 | 58.14 | 3060 |
| 52 | 59.28 | 3120 |
| 53 | 60.42 | 3180 |
| 54 | 61.56 | 3240 |
| 55 | 62.7 | 3300 |
| 56 | 63.84 | 3360 |
| 57 | 64.98 | 3420 |
| 58 | 66.12 | 3480 |
| 59 | 67.26 | 3540 |
| 60 | 68.4 | 3600 |