Teams Live Events feature parity in Teams town halls
Since the general availability of town hall in October 2023 and with Teams Live Events retirement for commercial customers happening in September 2024, we continue to bring more features from Teams Live Events into the new town hall experience. 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.
For government cloud customers, including GCC, GCC-High, and DoD, the retirement date for Teams Live Events and the general availability of town halls will be announced in Q2 2024.
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
What’s coming in Q2 2024
- Live translated caption updates: Organizer selects up to six languages
- Q&A:
- Red dot indicator for new questions and replies
- Organizers can make presenters moderators, export questions, delete and archive questions, and sort questions by most voted or most recent
- Attendees can filter questions, like a question, and sort questions by most voted or most recent
- MTR-Windows support for presenters
- Graph APIs to create, update, and delete town halls
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.
