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DaithiG
Steel Contributor
Apr 02, 2020
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Guest Presenter in Live Meetings

Hi all,   According to this UserVoice (https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/36613579-guest-presenter-in-team-live-event-meeting) it should be possible to invite a g...
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  • LinusCansby's avatar
    LinusCansby
    Apr 02, 2020

    The App panel that they see is that in the Teams client? They have to get the Teams client up and running so then they need a guest account with access to a Team. Or they need to have an account that is a member of a Teams organisation, Teams free works.

     

    To view a meeting you don't have to be signed in if you create a public event, Org-wide will require all attendees to sign in to your organisation.

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RajKrish
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2020

Dean Chen 

Did you get it resolved from MS Premier support 'the anonymously join for guest account as a presenter in a live event" or what are the pre-requisites for an external invitee can be presenter in a Teams live event?

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Dean Chen
Copper Contributor
Jun 19, 2020

RajKrish  No. the case has been escalated to a higher level for a further investigation. According to MS Premier, they thought it was fixed but it still doesn't work in my environment. this week I did a bunch of testing and sent MS Premier another around of logs. 

 

According to MS support, there shouldn't be any pre-requisites to make it work.

 

Hope this helps.

  • jasondraw's avatar
    jasondraw
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 06, 2020
    Dean Chen
    I have the same question. Yesterday only four of my six external presenters were able to join my Teams Live Event as presenters. I had problems with yahoo and gmail addresses - these invitees were able to join as attendees only despite being set up in advance with presenter roles. One of the presenters (with a corporate email address and o365 account) was accepting my invitation to join the event, and I was getting acceptance confirmations, but he was getting blocked somehow and unable to join at all. Where I had problems, the event was not showing on invitees Teams calendars. Is this due to a security setting from the administrator within my (school) organisation? If I’d set up a Team consisting of the presenters in advance, would this have prevented any issues?
  • DaithiG's avatar
    DaithiG
    Steel Contributor
    Jun 23, 2020

    Hi RajKrish we still need to invite the guest presenter to the meeting but also add him to a Team. We create a temporary Team for the meeting and add them. This still isn't great though. 

     

     

  • Dean Chen's avatar
    Dean Chen
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 19, 2020

    RajKrish , no it hasn't worked for me yet. According to MS support, neither Teams license needed nor a MS account needed in advance. It should work out of box but it just doesn't work for me.

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    RajKrish
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 19, 2020

    Dean Chen 

    Thanks. I am also trying to figure out exactly as what is needed to make two external invitees in their yahoo or gmail email address as presenters in Teams live events or when one has business email address that is not linked to any azure AD tenant or have o365 account. Could you please share what worked for you and as guest presenter what you or they need do? Does the guest presenter need to have Teams license?  Does the external invitee need to create or have a Microsoft account prior to join and present in live event meeting?