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Disable chat Join and Leave notifications
For a recurring Teams meeting with hundreds of invitees, the Chat will fill up with useless notifications such as '<Person> has temporarily joined the chat' (see attachment). Is there some way I can turn off these join and leave notifications? The number of messages makes the Chat completely useless. I use the Q&A panel during the call and have Chat turned off. After the call I will turn Chat on temporarily in order to post a message. This doesn't seem to affect the Join and Leave notices though, the notices will be published in the Chat even when Chat is off.Assistance on Microsoft Townhalls, Live events and Webinars
Dear All, We hope you're enjoying our new Teams Town Halls! To further support your event experience, we’re excited to introduce theMicrosoft Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP)—a complimentary service designed to help you seamlessly plan and execute your events (New Teams Townhalls, Live events, Webinars) What Does LEAP Offer? This free program connects you with Microsoft event experts who can assist with: Traininganddemos Configuration support Assistancebefore, during, and afteryour Town Halls, webinars, or live events Whether you're transitioning from Teams Live Events to Town Halls or planning future events, our team is here to guide you every step of the way. How to Access Free Support To receive assistance for your Microsoft events, simply log a support case with our experts. Please bookmark or update the following links to submit your request: Microsoft events assist portal (LEAP) Microsoft free support for your events (LEAP) Important Notes for First-Time Users Profile Creation:On your first visit, you may be prompted to create a profile. If redirected to a form that doesn’t mention LEAP, simply revisitLiveEventAssistafter profile creation. When submitting your support request, please follow these guidelines: Product Family:Cloud and Online Services Product:Live Events Assistance Program (LEAP) Support Type:Professional No Charge Issue Description: Title:Live Events Assistance Request Event Date and Duration Event Location Note:Use yourwork contact details(corporate email). Personal accounts such as Outlook or Gmail are not supported. If you're an event attendee, please contact your event host for assistance. Additionally, our team can assist with Microsoft eCDN-related queries. Learn More To explore the full benefits of the LEAP program, visit:MicrosoftVirtualEventGuidance We look forward to helping you make your events a success!Microsoft Live events assistance
Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program. Whether you are new to hosting online events, or just need some extra help, Microsoft can provide you with guidance and assistance to deliver your best webinars and live events. With the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP), we can help you get more familiar with setting up and running an event, webinar, or large meeting and be available during the event to help if any questions or issues come up. During preview, the assistance program is free to customers using Teams, Stream, or Yammer to deliver their events. Sign up now to get started. What is the live events assistance program? Live Events Assistance is a program designed to help you with yourlive events. Whether you are new to hosting live events, or just need some extra help. We can help you get more familiar with setting up and running a live event, and be directly available during a live event to help if any questions or issues come up. What does the program include? Important : To continue supporting our customers' needs, through December 31, 2024 we will extend temporary limit increases for live events, including: Event support for up to 20,000 attendees 50 events can be hosted simultaneously across a tenant Event duration of 16 hours per broadcast Additionally, live events with up to 100,000 attendees can be planned through the Microsoft 365 live events assistance program. The team will assess each request and work with you to determine options that may be available.Learn more. Before an event Educate you on how Microsoft live events work across Teams, Yammer, and Stream (Classic) Guide you to the service to use based on your needs Review best practices for coordinating, producing, and running an event Validate current setup and configuration Plan logistics for rehearsal and upcoming event Answer additional questions Rehearsing for an event Help producer check event setup and associated technology (where applicable) Help producer run a test event to check audio/video feeds Review of producer and presenter controls Answer questions from producer, event team, and stakeholders During an event Help producer check event setup and associated technology (where applicable) Help producer check audio/video before going live Available to answer producer/event team questions via chat/phone If issues are identified, help provide next steps toward investigation and mitigation What is not included in the program? Due to the nature and complexity of live events that cross your corporate network, eCDN providers,encoders, cameras, Microsoft services, end users’ devices, and available bandwidth, the Microsoft live events assistance offering cannot guarantee that events won’t run into issues at one of the above layers. Additionally, it is possible that we may not be able to mitigate the issue during your event. Your assigned live event assistance support engineer will proactively offer suggestions and best practices to avoid such situations and provide next steps toward mitigation if encountered. How do I sign up? Please give the team as much advance notice as possible. We require at least five (5) days’ notice to set up a custom live event. Create your new live event using Microsoftlive eventson Teams, Stream, or Yammer Provide us with as much advance notice as possible since capacity is limited during preview (first come, first serve) Fill out this form with specifics about the upcoming event:aka.ms/LiveEventAssist Tip : You might want to bookmark this page and/or include it in any pre-event planning information you send out to your team A live event assistant will contact you in 1-2 business days and try their best to accommodate your preferred date/time So, what are you waiting for , fill out the Microsoft live events assistance form today : https://aka.ms/LiveEventAssist https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/virtual-event-guidance/assistance/
Townhall recording for in-org-guests
I set up a Town Hall in Microsoft Teams and invited the members of a Microsoft 365 group. This group also includes guests who do not have a business, school, or university account. All participants can open and join the Town Hall via the link in the email invitation. Once I publish the recording after the Town Hall ends, all invitees receive another email informing them that the recording of the event is available. However, only people with a business, school, or university account can access the recording (VOD) via the link provided. If I alternatively provide a link for people with existing access through my OneDrive in the “Recordings” folder (shared with all members of the above Microsoft 365 group), access to the recording is possible. Is there a way to enable access to the VOD for people who do not have a business, school, or university account?Entra Groups and managing Access to Teams or Town Hall
Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to grant access to a Teams or Town Hall meeting using an Entra ID Group without inviting all the users in the Group? This way you could send the meeting link to users in the Group as needed. For large organizations with many external partners managed in Entra, this would be very beneficial. This can be done already with the meeting recordings in Stream via the Share button.
Town Hall vs Live Events
Please bring back some of the beloved features of Live Events into Town Hall or just make these improvements: 1. Ability to end the live broadcast and debrief with presenters behind the scenes when the event has concluded 2. Ability to sort published questions in different ways (# of likes, first in vs last in) 3. Ability to reply to questions In Review / Dismissed so the audience doesn't have to see the conversation 4. Ability to clean up the Published questions once they've been asked/answered
Feedback on Managing Town Halls as Organizer/Co-Organizer
Below are some suggestions for improving the management experience for organizers and co-organizers in Town Hall events: Queuing Option for Screen Sharing There should be a controlled queuing system for screen sharing to prevent anyone from starting to share their screen randomly. End Town Hall Button An option to end the event while keeping event members (organizers, presenters, and co-organizers) connected for post-event discussions. Separate Attendee Joining Time There should be an option to set a different joining time for attendees, independent of the event group’s start time, to allow the event group some preparation time. Q&A Visibility and Permissions Questions under review should be visible to presenters as well. Attendees should only have view-only access to published questions and should not be able to respond to them. Presenter Management Co-organizers should have permission to add or remove presenters during the event. Control Rights for Organizers and Co-Organizers Only organizers and co-organizers should have control over actions like bringing presenters on/off-screen, switching views, and managing event controls, similar to the Presenter/Producer views in Live Events. Improved Recording Quality The recording quality needs significant improvement to match the standard of Live Events. These enhancements will greatly improve the overall efficiency and experience of managing Town Hall events.Town Hall recording missed most screen sharing
We hosted a conference using Town Halls and then reviewed the recordings, which we intended to share with people who missed the conference. Most of the screen shares that happened during the event are missing from the recordings, but not all. We don't see any pattern as to who's screen shares made it into the recording and who's didn't. One presenter had half of their presentation recorded, and half missed. The audio is fine throughout. There was no indication of any problem during the event, and no warning that any content would not be recorded. This is totally unacceptable, because the recordings are now unusable and we can't repeat the event. Has anyone else had similar problem? Do you know what caused it and how to avoid it?Error saving additional external presenter to Town Hall
I have a Town Hall with 12 external presenters. I was able to save it. Then I try to add another external presenter, or an attendee and it gives me the unhelpful message "Unable to save changes. Let's try again." I get this on 2 different computers for the same Town Hall. Anyone know of a workaround or fix?
