Types of Teams meetings

Within Teams, you are able to schedule different types of meetings, depending on your requirements. As such, Teams offers the following types of meetings:

• Meetings
• Webinars
• Town halls
• Live events

Meetings

Meetings are collaborative and conversational. Teams can discuss plans, share materials, and more.

You can join a Teams meeting from your desktop or from your mobile app.

Read more about how to join or how to schedule a meeting in Teams, in this link.

Webinars

Webinars are more structured. Presenters share ideas or provide training to their audience. Attendees have limited audio and video permissions.

Webinar features

• Registration
• Branded themes
• Presenter bios
• Webinar reports

Read more about Webinars, including tips for organisers and atteneeds, in this link.

Town halls

Town halls can host up to 10,000 attendees. They are a one-to-many experience. The focus stays on the speakers and shared information while people watch. Attendee cameras and mics will be turned off when they join a town hall. However, attendees can still engage through other apps and services, like Q&A.

When to schedule a town hall

• if you are hosting a large-scale event
• if you need high-quality content sharing or streaming capabilities
• if the experience is mostly consumption-based for attendees
• if you are providing extensive coverage of an event.

Town hall features

• Presenter spotlight
• Translated captions
• Publish town hall recordings
• Attendee reports

Read more about Town halls, including tips for organisers and atteneeds, in this link.

Live events

Live events are the predecesor of town halls. Microsoft advises to choose town halls as they are optimised for delivering high-quality, produced events to large and small audiences.

Feature comparison

Read more about the switch from live events to town halls in this link.