How to Plan and Schedule a Live Events in Microsoft Teams
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A Teams live event provides more control over video and audience interaction than Teams meetings, and enables you to produce large online audiences.
- On the left side of Teams, select Meetings and then New meeting to create a live event.
- Select New meeting > New live event from the menu that appears at the top of the dialog box.
- The title of the meeting, the time and date of the meeting, as well as other details should be added.
- You need to include the names of the people who will be producing your event and presenting it in the box for the Invite people to your event group.
- Click on the Next button.
- Choose who is allowed to attend your live event under the Live event permissions section.
- Choose how you would like your event to be produced under How do you plan to go about it?
- Click on the Schedule button.
- The unique code for each attendee can be copied by clicking on the Get attendee link. I would like you to post or send this to anyone who will be attending the event.
Note: Ensure that any changes to Teams are made once the event has been scheduled. Outlook should not be used to edit this event.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I schedule a live event in Microsoft Teams?
Team live events can be scheduled at your convenience
- Select the Calendar option from the Teams menu. …
- On the next screen, you will find a New meeting option on the upper-right corner of the screen.
- Ensure that you include the title of the meeting, the date, the time, and any other pertinent information.
What is the difference between a meeting and a live event in Microsoft Teams?
Meetings, webinars, and live events are actually all types of meetings, although webinars and live events offer an additional level of control to the organizer of the meeting over how the meeting is led, how participation is controlled, as well as how the meeting is flowed. In the case of a webinar, you can actively participate in the discussion, while a live event provides you with a managed Q&A session that you can interact with in a two-way manner.
How does live event work in Teams?
With the launch of Teams live events, users will be able to stream video and meeting content directly to large online audiences, thereby extending the power of Teams meetings to a broader audience. The majority of live events are aimed at one-to-many communication, whereby the host of the event leads the interaction, while the audience is primarily used for viewing the content which the host has shared with the audience, so participation is primarily restricted to watching the content that the host has shared with the audience.
Can attendees see each other in Teams live event?
The Teams video meeting is a one-way video meeting, which takes place in a video meeting room, in the same way as television or radio broadcasts. As a result, participants cannot see or hear other attendees or add audio or video of their own to the conversation. As an alternative, participants can participate in a typed question and answer session. I find this to be a very handy method of asking questions.