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Meeting chat unavailable until you join the meeting
I've been having a recurring issue where I cannot access the chat for a meeting scheduled though Outlook as a Teams meeting (not associated with any Team or Channel). Another user scheduled the meeti...
Hi avpacheco
It’s worth noting that, although the Chat with Participants link is displayed in the invitation page before joining the meeting, this will not work.
So keep in mind, if you click on this link, you’ll get a message warning that ‘Chat is not available until you have joined the meeting’.
Chat is only available after joining the meeting
this is due to a new setting in meeting options
this only happens for us if we set 'peeple i invite only'
you also have the abilityt o allow chats in meetins only
- Just gonna add this to the conversation as it explains what is happening right now (rolling out as the roadmap link says) https://office365itpros.com/2020/11/24/new-access-rules-teams-meeting-chat-membership/
- Yes I just read about that that’s great for us as we are starting a new term with our students
The requirement to join the meeting first before th chat function is available is great- It would be good to have a choice about enabling this or not - for some environments the Chat environment prior is invaluable.
