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You can't send messages because you are not a member of the chat. - How do I rejoin?
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.
Kelemvor333 - I have the exact same issue. Left a monthly meeting last month due to the chat continuing after the meeting and distracting me. This month I cannot do anything with the chat because of this issue.
There needs to be a way to rejoin the meeting chat after leaving. If I had know this was going to happen, I wouldn't have left the meeting chat last month.
ChrisWebbTech I can rejoin the MEETING just fine. It's the chat that no longer accepts input nor does it update. The last post is from the month prior and in the field where I would type my message is, "You can't send messages because you are not a member of the chat."
- I want to say if you join the meeting, and while in that meeting, someone sends a chat to the meeting chat, it will then join you back into it, but I could be wrong.
ChrisWebbTech I can't know for sure but I'm 99% positive that someone in that meeting I had this morning used the chat. There were over 120 people in the meeting. I'd be shocked if no one used the chat because it's usually full of posts during each monthly meeting. That's why I had left the chat the month before. People wouldn't stop posting after the meeting end. Anyway, I've asked on our local teams site as well.