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Alexander_Grantcharov
Nov 05, 2020Copper Contributor
Guest presenters in Teams Live Events added before creating a team can't present
We have created a live event. We added the email addresses of the presenters (both internal and external to our organisation). During rehearsals we found out those outside the organisation could only...
Andrew Hodges
Nov 05, 2020Bronze Contributor
Guest presenters must have a Teams License(in their home tenant) and the desktop app installed, did they have both? You don't need to be in a team to be a guest presenter, I have been a guest presenter and I wasn't in the team.
Alexander_Grantcharov
Nov 05, 2020Copper Contributor
HelloAndrew Hodges ,
Yes, all presenters have installed Teams and have either a corporate account or a free personal account.
And yes, Unfortunately, you cannot have a guest (external to the organisation) presenter unless they are invited in a team (in your organisation), or have been previously part of a team in your organisation.
https://www.robertjgates.com/microsoft-teams-live-event-guest-presenter/
We already validated that the hard way 😞