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Whiteboard - Change Minimum Amount of People From 3 to 2.
I regularly have one on one VCs where I need to use a Whiteboard to convey a sketch. Unfortunately Teams needs a minimum of 2 people for Whiteboard. It would helpful if this could be reduced to 2.
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If you're looking for a workaround to use a whiteboard in one-on-one virtual sessions without needing a third participant, you might want to check out https://inkboard.org/. It's an online whiteboard that lets you draw instantly without any login requirements. Since it works offline and saves files locally, it could be a handy tool for quickly sharing sketches during your calls without running into participant limits.
Beaucoupnice Is this because you aren't scheduling the call?
The only difference in behaviour that I'm aware of is that if you make a 1:1 call then some features in a meeting are different, but as soon as the call has 3 people or if it's scheduled from an appointment it will be a meeting and have the normal capabilities.
I don't really understand why whiteboard is one of the things that gets limited, but it seems to be the case. If I press meet now in calendar I can start a whiteboard with just me in the meeting, I can also add one other person and it stays as a meeting.
The reason for the difference is a bit of a throwback to where the data goes. In a call it attempts to go direct from one device to another without a server being involved, which limits some functionality.
