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Kelemvor333
Iron Contributor
Sep 04, 2019
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You can't send messages because you are not a member of the chat. - How do I rejoin?

Howdy,   I was in a recurring meeting a couple weeks ago and afterward people were chatting so I guess I clicked to leave the chat in order to not keep getting notified.  This week I rejoined the m...
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  • Thomas Laciano's avatar
    Thomas Laciano
    Jun 30, 2020

    Hey Kelemvor333, 

    I have this same message and found it related to the Teams preview feature allowing separate windows for chat and meetings. 

    I was able to solve this issue by double clicking on the calendar icon in the meeting header which opens a new window and allows for chat. 

     

    A non-intuitive experience for sure. 

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AndrePKI
Iron Contributor
Oct 12, 2021

I still have this... in a meeting from a different organization, but I am a normal participant in the meeting:

and after some successful chats, all of a sudden

and 

But this didn't help

Only after a repair of the desktop client I was able to read and reply in the chat.

I have Teams Version 1.4.00.16575 (64-bit), updated today.

 

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    CosminBuc
    Copper Contributor
    May 08, 2024

    Helllo,

    I was having the same issue, where it said I wasn't a member of the chat, even if I am the meeting owner.
    The I solved this is that I went and edited the meeting and in that view I went in the Chat tab... now it works...

    Hope this helps!

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