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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.
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.
ChrisWebbTech I had same problem - turned off the chat on a recurring meeting a week ago because people kept chatting after the meeting was done and annoying me, then when I joined the meeting today, I couldn't chat. Drove me nuts, but after the meeting, I did what you did. Rejoined that meeting (even though it was past the scheduled time) and lo and behold, chat was there again. Why not there the first time I joined today, who knows, but seems like a bug as it's not consistent.
I just tested on a meeting that is running right now, web and desktop, and cannot access the chat. I did send a screenshot using the "Report a problem" option in Teams.
- Is it a new meeting? If the meeting was created as a channel meeting and you are not in the Team the channel was assigned you cannot access chat, just FYI. Might not be the issue but want to make sure you knew of that scenario :).
- I don't think it's a new meeting, but I didn't create it. How can I tell what channel it came from? It's the Microsoft Teams community call. And I did have access to the chat before, if that means something. Thank you for your quick response!
