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louisdeclercq
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Sep 23, 2019
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Unmute participants as the meeting organizer.

HI ALL,   When in a group meeting the organizer can mute the attendees. Is it also possible for the organizer to unmute an attendee?   Thanks for the help Louis De Clercq
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  • ChristianBergstrom's avatar
    ChristianBergstrom
    Sep 11, 2020

    Mrs_Leach Hello Megan, this is coming!

     

    Microsoft Teams: Hard audio mute

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=66575

     

    Hard mute students audio in a meeting (so they cannot unmute themselves)

    https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/599053-schools-and-universities/suggestions/39949276-hard-mute-students-audio-in-a-meeting-so-they-can

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DaveChomi
Iron Contributor
Sep 23, 2019
No it is not. And it is for purpose. You do not want to put people into situation that suddenly somebody unmute your microphone just in the middle of the conversation which should not be heard on that particular meeting...or maybe even worse thing that people can do during the meeting 🙂 All participants can unmute themselves when needed and desired. In Teams client it is easy clicking on the icon and over PSTN bridge or Video Interop Gateway it is about combination of keys, feature code. Like #4 for example for BlueJeans Video gateway I believe.
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BRikard1400
Copper Contributor
Sep 01, 2020

As a Kindergarten teacher, it would be very helpful to be able to unmute a student.  When I ask a student a question, they may not know how to unmute or may not think to unmute before speaking.  They then don't want to repeat what was already said.  Also, many of my students would unmute themselves right after I muted them.  Not to say anything, mind you, but it was a distraction when there would be a lot of background noise.  It would be helpful for teachers to have more control over muting and unmuting.  

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