Microsoft Teams will soon support meeting co-organizers
Organizers will soon be able to set up co-organizers in Teams meetings.
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What you need to know
Microsoft Teams will soon allow co-organizers to help manage meetings. Co-organizers will have most of the capabilities of organizers, including the ability to manage meeting options. Support for meeting co-organizers could arrive as soon as November 2021, according to theMicrosoft 365 roadmap. As is always the case with entries on the roadmap, the date is a goal, not a firm schedule for release.
While co-organizers will have more capabilities within meetings than general participants, there appear to be limits. AReddit discussionhighlights that co-organizers still can’t manage breakout rooms. This functionality could arrive in the future, however. As a workaround, tenants can grant presenters permission to manage breakout rooms.
The Microsoft 365 roadmap states:
Organizers will now be able to share control by assigning the new “Co-organizer” role to people they invite. Co-organizers will have almost all of the capabilities of the organizer, including management of Meeting Options.
Organizers will be able to assign up to 10 people to be co-organizers, according tom365log, an unofficial Microsoft 365 changelog. The same site explains that co-organizers will be able to do the following:
Co-organizers will not be able to manage meeting recordings, download attendance reports, manage breakout rooms, or edit meeting invitations. They also won’t be able to remove or change the organizer role.
Microsoft Teams is a popular service for collaboration and virtual meetings. Soon, meeting organizers will be able to set up co-organizers.
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