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Reusing Teams Meeting URL/permanent "meeting room"
Once I "Meet Now" in teams, I can obtain the URL link to that meeting and save it. Then, even after I leave the meeting and close teams, the link is still good. That is, later I or someone else can click on that URL and it opens the meeting back up, in the same day, anyway.
The question: how do I determine if this ability to reuse a generated URL link a feature of teams that is likely to remain available, as opposed to a "side effect" of how it works right now that will stop working in a future release? (Also, does anyone know if "meet now" links expire, that is, will no longer work next week or next month?)
P.S.: I am aware of the security implications of this but it isn't an issue in this case, but the convenience of a permanent "meeting room"-- that is, a reusable link that the participants have and can bookmark and reuse-- is important.
The expiration windows are documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams#meeting-expiration
- Hi glindauer checking you are still using this method?
I can get the URL no problem however how do you exit the meeting without losing the ability to rejoin? Do you have some basic steps you follow that you could share pls?
I have a client who is using AcuityScheduling and we need a fixed URL to add to the meeting reminders for her coaching clients.- I actually never ended up using that method, our group ended up using a competitors product for most meetings.
However, if you bookmark the URL in your browser, you should be able to click on that bookmark at any time and rejoin the meeting (or, if everyone else is gone, you'd start a new meeting in that same "room"). The browser should either automatically open the Teams desktop application, or prompt you to do so, or allow you to connect just using the browser. Hope that helps!- Thanks for letting me know glindauer.
It closes the meeting when you hang up although I didn’t try going back to the URL.
My workaround is from Outlook online creating a recurring all day meeting for Mon - Fri with the Teams switch on and no reminders or end date. I had to hide the chat as it shows the guest name but it’s ok for 1:1 meetings with different clients
The expiration windows are documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams#meeting-expiration
VasilMichev Hello
I was testing some really old links from last year - regular link with start/end time and they still work. Has expiration rule changed since this post? Many thanks
- From the teams doc referenced by Vasil:
"A meeting URL will never stop working. The expiry only relates to any PSTN dial-in numbers, CVI coordinates, and/or underlying meeting policies and settings."
The meeting itself sortof expires when the meeting concludes. It just happens that each of those meeting IDs is globally unique, forever, and they can be used any time to start a new session under that meeting ID. I'm building an application around this, so I too hope it does not change. I have a backup plan if it does.
That's a big help, thank you! VasilMichev
