Extracting Participants List from Microsoft Teams Meeting with Developer Tools

Recently, I needed to extract the participants list from a Microsoft Teams meeting. Manually copying and pasting the list just wasn’t practical, so I explored a more automated solution.

Here’s what worked for me:

1. Inspect the Attendees Section

   • In the Microsoft Teams meeting, open the Participants tab.
   • Right-click on the list of attendees and select Inspect to open the browser's Developer Tools.

2. Use Selectors in the Developer Console

   • In the Elements tab, navigate to the section containing the attendees.

   • Open the Console tab in Developer Tools and run a small script to extract the names. Here’s a sample of what I used:

     var elements = document.querySelectorAll('[role="presentation"]');
     var textValues = Array.from(elements).map(element => element.textContent.trim());
     console.log(textValues);
     
     var elements = document.querySelectorAll('[data-cid="roster-participant"]');
     var textValues = Array.from(elements).map(element => element.textContent.trim());
     console.log(textValues);
     
     var elements = document.querySelectorAll('span.fui-StyledText');
     var textValues = Array.from(elements).map(element => element.textContent.trim());
     console.log(textValues);
     

3. Export the List

   • The output will be the list of attendees, which you can copy directly from the console.
   • Pipe it into your favorite data analysis tool (Excel, Python, or any CRM) to remove duplicates or clean up the data.

This method works like magic! Within minutes, I had the entire participants list in a neat, workable format. The next steps? Use the list to network and follow up productively, making the most out of the meeting by contacting attendees in a meaningful way.

A small hack, but it makes managing post-meeting engagement so much easier!