Microsoft Teams Clone

This project was built as a part of Microsoft Engage 2021

Table of Contents

1. About
2. Key-features
3. Try the application yourself
4. Tools and Technologies used
5. Run in your local system
6. Deployment

About

• Real-time video calling application that creates rooms for meetings, provides quick peer-to-peer connectivity, and supports various in-call features.
• How principles of Agile Methodology were used during this 4-week program - Check here

Key-features

• Toggle Video - to hide and show own video
• Toggle Audio - to mute and unmute own audio
• Supports more than two participants in one room
• Easy to use - no download, plug-in, or login required
• Get conference rooms without any limit on the call duration
• Get sharable meeting invites to share with people you want in the room
• Screen Share Option - allows user to present his own screen to other participants
• Real-Time Chat - supports participants to have chat conversation during the call
• Session Timer - counts the amount of time for which a user stays in the meeting room
• Total Privacy - the app collects no data or personal information so it stays just between the participants

Try the application yourself

• Visit here
• Create a meeting room, and share the invite with the people you want!

Tools and Technologies used

• Node.js
• Express
• WebRTC
• Socket.IO
• EJS

Run in your local system

Requirements

• You will require Node.js to be installed on your machine. Check the official Node.js website to download the installer.
• Also, be sure to have git available in your PATH, npm might need it (find git here).

After having the requirements all set, open your terminal

• Clone the repository - git clone https://github.com/muskaanv0/MS_Teams_Clone.git
• Navigate to the folder - cd MS_Teams_Clone
• Run to install the project dependencies-

npm install
npm install -g nodemon
nodemon server.js

• Open http://localhost:3030 in browser to view on port 3030.

Deployment

• You can deploy the app on Heroku
• Run-

heroku login
git add .
git commit -am "make it better"
git push heroku master