Teams Live Events and upgrading to Teams town halls
Since the general availability of town hall in October 2023, we continue to bring more features from Teams Live Events along with new functionality into the new town hall experience. Additionally, we will not retire Teams Live Events in September 2024, as previously announced. Town hall will continue to be the platform where our new features and value land, and we encourage Teams Live Events users to take advantage of these new innovations by upgrading to town hall when ready. Below is what is already available and what is still coming, and we will update this list as more features become available. For additional details on specific features and timing, please refer to the Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap.
Features generally available:
- 10k attendees with Q&A
- Host 15 concurrent events
- Live translated captions with six preset languages
- Green room
- RTMP-in
- 3P eCDN support
- Attendee reporting
- On-demand recording
- Manage what attendees see
- Join link for external presenter
- Live translated caption updates: Organizer selects up to six languages
- Q&A: Red dot indicator for new questions and replies
- GCC
- Enable event naming on reporting with 3P eCDN providers
What’s coming in Q3
- Reactions (available with a Teams Premium license)
- Upgraded Q&A functionality (voting, filters, sorting, deleting, and archiving questions, and exporting questions to CSV/download Q&A report)
- Graph APIs (create, update, and delete town halls)
- Event production capabilities (fit-to-frame)
Support for Business Users
Check out the resources below to find out how to get started on setting up and delivering your organization’s town hall, all hands, global team event, and more!
Need additional support? The Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) can help provide guidance and best practices for delivering a successful event.
Support for IT Pros
Read through our resources below to ensure your organization is ready to begin using town halls, including verifying your event policies and managing who is able to schedule and set up town halls within your organization.
