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live events - mute a presenter an can't unmute
Hi andreaitsall
For your reference you can do this. Make everyone as a Attendee in the Teams Live Event. As in when the Presenter Turns Up for Presenting the Content make him the presenter for that specific moment. Once he is done with their presentation you can change the role for the person again.
This would help you control the Live Event as well. At the Time of Q&A you can make all them as a presenter that should be help as a workaround. This helps in controlling the event totally
With Regards,
Satish U
is it possible that this option will be introduced in the future?
Hi andreaitsall
For your reference you can do this. Make everyone as a Attendee in the Teams Live Event. As in when the Presenter Turns Up for Presenting the Content make him the presenter for that specific moment. Once he is done with their presentation you can change the role for the person again.
This would help you control the Live Event as well. At the Time of Q&A you can make all them as a presenter that should be help as a workaround. This helps in controlling the event totally
With Regards,
Satish U
RealTime_M365 Making someone an attendee doesn't prevent them from unmuting themselves, which was the question.
It does prevent them starting to share their screen, muting other people or ejecting other people from the meeting.
It's also nothing to do with Teams Live Events, which are broadcast meetings and so quite different.
ok well, I did some tests:
like LinusCansby
in a live event, I can't change "on the fly" any role. and all the users (organiser or presenter) can mute others. At te same time, any kind (organiser or presenter) can unmute themself, if they want.
In a classic meeting, I can change the role for the parteciapant (.. like a attendees) .. but I always have my problem:
- I mute one attendee, but if he want (if he's booring for example..) .. he can unmute by itself and make noise.
So the only way is to eject the attendee, but my for my organization, the meeting, can be not valid without the presence of all members!
Well.. I don't know.. but I think that I have to find another way (software) that it's not Microsoft Teams! 😕
- As I wrote earlier there's an uservoice asking for a lock unmute function. Vote for that.
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/39784519-teams-meeting-organizer-can-force-mute-audio-video
Until that function is in place the organizer of the meeting have to inform users that they are disturbing. I is like in a conference room IRL, if everyone talks at the same time it will be a good meeting which they should understand.
I think this is the best solution for the moment.
sorry but I'm a newbie, how can I change the role of the Users "on the fly" .. during a live event?andreaitsall In a Live Event you can't change the role of an participant on the fly. You can open the scheduled meeting and change the role of an participant. You have two roles to select on; Presenter or Organiser.
There is no way to change the role from Presenter to Attendee in a Live Event, there is no Attendees in the Live Event meeting as it is in regular Teams meetings. Instead Attendees watch a stream, but they are never in the participant list.
A Producer can mute others in a meeting, but not unmute them. A presenter can't mute others, but they can kick out others from the meeting (not good).
Think of Live Event as a TV show, presenters and producers have to work together. So if a presenter keep unmuting themselves when they shouldn't the producer or organiser should take to them. They can also use the chat, that is only for Producers and Presenters not for Attendees.
- Hi,
Try doing a Test Live Event with Two of Colleagues that will help you learn how to make the changes on the fly. By the way there is a option in the list of participants wherein you can promote and demote a participant.
With Regards,
Satish U
