Microsoft Teams is licenced for all University staff and students and can be used to setup the following types of meeting/event:
- Teams Meeting
- Webinar
- Town Hall
Limitations on numbers and features exist for each type of meeting and are as follows:
| Feature | Meetings | Webinars | Town halls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobby | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
| Attendee mic and camera | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
| End-to-end encryption | Premium | ✖️ | ✖️ |
| Watermarks | Premium | ✖️ | ✖️ |
| Theme | Premium | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Registration | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✖️ |
| Breakout rooms | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
| Content sharing and interaction | ✔️ | ✔️ | Q&A only |
| Interactive participants | 1,000 | 1,000 | Town halls: 10,000 |
| View-only participants | 10,000 | ✖️ | ✖️ |
| Maximum total participants | 11,000 | 1,000 | Town halls: 10,000 |
Teams Premium functionality is not currently available as this is an additional licence
For full details on the types of meetings that can be organised and the features available, please refer to the following Microsoft article:
Overview of meetings, webinars, and town halls - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
For specific guidance on setting up each time please refer to the links below:
- Meetings - Plan for Teams meetings - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
- Webinars - Plan for Teams webinars - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn
- Town Halls - Plan for Teams town halls - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn