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Chat button missing in a Teams Meeting?
Howdy, We had a Teams Meeting with around 150 people and a bunch of people didn't have the Chat button to click in the action bar to open the side panel. I had the issue and accidentally left th...
Annoying for you! 4BobRandall A couple of things i'd suggest...
1) Get them to download the Teams desktop app if they are using the web app. There should be a download button bottom left of the app.
2) Upgrade to the new Teams meeting features - select profile pic and choose settings and tick the box for 'turn on new meeting experience' it requires restarting Teams so right click the teams icon and 'quit' then reopen Teams.
We have learned that chat is only available to the first 100 people to join the meeting. If people leave and rejoin this is why sometimes they get the chat appear because they have moved from attendee 120 to attendee 95.
If a chat is linked to a Team or channel - only the members get the chat.
If it's a stand alone Teams meeting then everyone invited can see and post in the chat.
If a chat is linked to a Team or channel - only the members get the chat.
If it's a stand alone Teams meeting then everyone invited can see and post in the chat.
HannahH2020 I experienced this today with people in my meeting. We had 228 people and just a few complained that their chat button was unavailable. next time I'll suggest that they leave and rejoin next time but it's not a great solution really. maybe this is one for Microsoft to look at.
