Microsoft Teams Live Events will be replaced by Townhalls in September 2024. This change is imminent, and as such, you may encounter various issues that IT may not be able to resolve, such as compatibility issues with older versions of Microsoft Teams.
Consequently, we strongly advise you to familiarize yourself with Microsoft Townhalls, especially if your meetings involve a large number of attendees.
Please refer to the following comparison chart for further details.
| Team Meeting | Webinar | Townhalls | Live Events (deprecated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobby (reject / approve the join) | √ |
√ |
√ |
X |
| Attendee mic and camera | √ | √ | √ | X |
| Theme for marketing etc | X | √ | √ | √ |
| Content sharing & interaction by attendant | √ | √ | Q & A only | Q & A only |
| Max capacity | 300 | 1,000 Organizer can set the max |
10,000 | 10,000 |
| Duration | Depend on the license, usually 24 hours | 4 hours | 30 hours | 4 hours |
| Recording | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Mute power | Participant and/or Moderator, you need to do this manually to each attendee |
Auto-mute | Auto-mute | Auto-mute |
| External presenter | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Repeated meeting (frequency) | √ | X | X | X |
| Registration | X | √ | X | X |
| Note from OTG IT | Organizer needs to mute each attendee manually | Q&A needs to be adjusted for public view manually when the organizer login to meeting. |
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| Speakers & co-organizer will have different link to join | Speakers & co-organizer will have different link to join |
How to create the Team Townhalls vs Webinar:
- Please open Microsoft Teams
- Please click "Calendar"
- Please click the "v" after "New Meeting"
- Click the meeting that fits your event
If you need a detail how to do it, please refer to: https://scribehow.com/shared/How_to_setup_the_townhall_meeting__1No8mU82Sw-LpFJjojGqVw
If you have further question and/or issue, please send an email to [email protected]
Source:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/overview-meetings-webinars-town-halls