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Only owner of the Team to start the meeting call
Hi all, Because of the Covid break-out I can no longer teach my students face to face. The schools here are closed and we have to teach using computers and the internet. I noticed that Micros...
Hi, use this for guidance https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keeping-students-safe-while-using-teams-for-distance-learning-f00fa399-0473-4d31-ab72-644c137e11c8
ChristianBergstrom I have seen the answer to this is a setting but that setting usually lives at the district level in the IT department. Our IT department can barely help with simple issues (yes, it is as insanely frustrating as it sounds) and have pretty much ignored requests or suggestions for what could make Teams run better for us. I'm hoping there is something Microsoft can do to bring that setting down to owners, maybe overriding whatever a district has in place. Considering this program was born to be used in the workplace, I can't imagine that there would be anything that would be risked by giving teachers all the settings they need to run their classes effectively.
- Sorry to hear that, but as the support pages say.
”IT Admins play a crucial role in setting up safe policies for students and educators in Teams for Education. We've broken down the best practices in this guide with explanations for different policies and configurations.”