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Meetings, webinars, and town halls feature comparison

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    Microsoft Teams

APPLIES TO: Image of a checkmark for yes Meetings Image of a checkmark for yes Webinars Image of a checkmark for yes Town halls

The following table shows which features are available in meetings, webinars, and town halls.

Feature Meetings Webinars Town halls
Announce when callers join or leave Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Anonymous participants Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Attendance and engagement reports Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Attendee mic and camera Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Breakout rooms Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no1 Image of a x for no
CART Captions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Channel meeting scheduling Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Choose co-organizers Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Compliance recording Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Content sharing Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Convenience recording Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Custom backgrounds Premium Premium Premium
Decorate my background Premium Premium Premium
Download town hall transcripts Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Download webinar transcripts Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
eCDN For view-only meetings only. Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
eCDN analytics For view-only meetings only. Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Email communication for events Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
End-to-end encryption Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
External participants can give or request control Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Event chat Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
Green room Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Hide attendee names Premium Premium Image of a x for no
Interactive participants 1,000 1,000 Image of a x for no
Join verification check Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Language interpretation Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Limit presenter role permissions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Live captions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Live stream meetings with RTMP-In Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Live transcriptions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Lobby Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Manage what attendees see Premium Premium Image of a checkmark for yes
Meeting chat Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes For organizers, co-organizers, and presenters only.
Meeting themes Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams meetings and events Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes For organizers, co-organizers, and presenters only.
Organizers and co-organizers can use video effects Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Outlook add-in Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Participants can give or request control Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
PowerPoint Live Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Presenters Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Prevent copying or forwarding of chat Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Prevent users from joining external meetings Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Prevent users from sharing content in external meetings Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Q&A Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Quality of Service (QoS) Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Reactions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Record automatically Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Recordings automatically expire Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Recording storage and permissions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Registration Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Registration form for webinars Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Restrict who can record Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
RTMP-In Premium Premium Image of a checkmark for yes
Sensitivity labels Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Shared notes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Only for organizers and co-organizers.
Speaker coach Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes For organizers and co-organizers.
Streaming encoders Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Town hall attendee reactions Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
Town hall insights Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
View-only attendees 10,0002 Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
VOD Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Voice isolation Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Watermarks Premium Premium Image of a x for no
Whiteboard Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no

1 Your users can use breakout rooms if a webinar has fewer than 300 attendees. However, if the number of attendees increases to above 300, breakout rooms aren't supported.

2 The usual maximum is increased to 20,000 through June 30, 2024.

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