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Teams Live Events Overview

Explanation 

Teams Live Events is an extension of Teams meetings, enabling you to produce events for large online audiences with more control over video, audience interaction, and reporting. A Teams Live Events can be scheduled by all users through the Calendar section in Teams but is designed to host multiple presenters sharing information with larger audiences in a lecture-based format.

Differences Between Regular Teams Meetings and Teams Live Events

  Teams Meeting  Teams Live Events 
Max Attendees 1000 (up to 20,000 listen-only participants) 10,000 (temporarily 20,000 through June 30, 2021)
Audio Permission All users (not including listen-only participants) Only producers and presenters. 
Screen Sharing Permission Presenters (you can elevate any attendee to a presenter during the meeting or by using Meeting Options before the session) Producers and Presenters (Must be invited before the meeting starts)
Recording The option to record is available to all users, but it can be changed in the meeting settings. Always recorded; available to producers and presenters
Chat Interface Teams Chat Moderated Q&A (if enabled) 
Sharing Screen Sharing, PowerPoint Sharing Screen Sharing Only
Dial-In for Audio Available to all users  Only available to producers and presenters. 
Restricted Entry  Meeting options can be changed for someone to bypass the lobby. Optional restriction to UTDallas users only or restricted to a specific list of users/Team members.
Captioning Available only in English (for now)  Click this link to know more about the captioning options.
Video Display Up to nine users with a gallery view and up to 49 users with an extensive gallery view Only one user can be shown at a time
Real-Time Viewing  Real-Time Attendees will watch at a 15-60 second delay
Max Time  24 hours. Meetings can be stopped and restarted. Once you start, you cannot stop and restart. The event can last up to 4 hours from the start time.
Video Sharing  Available with Screen Sharing and "Include computer sound". Available with Screen Sharing and "Include computer sound".
Note: More information can be found here under "Teams Quick Start Guides".

Details

Article ID: 267
Created
Mon 11/22/21 12:46 PM
Modified
Fri 2/10/23 12:27 PM

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Microsoft Teams Live Events
Teams Live Events is an extension of Teams meetings, enabling you to produce events for large online audiences with more control over video, audience interaction, and reporting. This service is designed to host multiple presenters sharing information with larger audiences in a lecture-based format.