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Guest cannot join Teams Meetings unless Organizer has joined - Bug?
Normally, I could setup a Teams Meeting with setting that externals to our company do not have to wait in a lobby. This allowed guests to join the meeting before an organizer dials in. This was very ...
Benedikt Scheerer Hello! I've been testing the lobby settings recently, especially with anonymous users (e.g. outlook.com or gmail.com) being able to start meetings directly. All settings were OK but it just didn't seem to take effect. I did get a message saying it could take up to 24 hours, but this took longer than that.
Anyway, I get the impression you haven't changed anything and it just stopped working? It sounds as if the updated meeting policy could be the reason for what you're experiencing
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