Forum Discussion
Does Microsoft Teams have an equivalent to WebEx Personal Rooms
This isn't how Teams is set up to work, it's a bit like giving me the key for one meeting but I could come back later and listen to anything else I fancy, the key still works. Say I was a journalist who interviewed your CEO, I could dial in and listen to the next Executive meeting etc.. It should not be necessary, it takes a second to add Teams to a meeting, and a second more for people to join in Teams on their laptop or mobile. It tends to stem from people who are used to dialling in, and want to save the whole number in their phones address book, just use the calendar in Teams.
I have seen people who refuse this create themselves one recurring meeting (each instance still has the same link/dial in details) and then use that. Typically they give up pretty quickly, as they get used to Teams they realise it's all just easier the way the product was intended.
StevenC365 I think this is a pretty reasonable request. Not every company uses the entire Microsoft ecosystem so having the ability to send someone a URL which will always work to join a meeting is very useful for me when I need to send it to someone via SMS, Slack, or non-Microsoft email. I've been pretty surprised that this feature is not offered in Teams and if there is a way to upvote this feature somewhere I would definitely do it.
Fyi, you can no longer vote at https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/35772907-implement-the-ability-to-assign-static-meeting-ids as it looks like Microsoft has abandoned using uservoice.com as per previous announcements. Was working last week when I redirected one of our Webex users complaining about this issue.
- Adding a reply from Microsoft:
"Actually, UserVoice is still in effect until later this year for Teams - the past few days we've experienced an administrative glitch and we are working hard to get it reinstated. When we are ready to move to a new tool, everyone will get plenty of notice. In the meantime, we ask for your patience while we work out this temporary issue. Thank you."
