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MS Teams supports live events with 20k users until mid-2021
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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If you’re running a large organization and useMicrosoft Teamson a daily basis for meetings and working sessions, you’ll be pleased to find out that the app can now be used with extended usage limits until end-June 2021.
This is the third timeMicrosoftincreases temporary usage limits for Teams, the previous ones being announced back in April and June 2020.
Temporary usage limits for live events still available
In an attempt to respond to the current teleworking demands, and also to resist competition against Zoom,Microsofthas been continuously improving theircollaboration app.
Ever since the epidemic breakout, Teams has seen a steady increase in its daily user base, with anotable boomin the first week of the stay-at-home rules. According to recent figures, Teams is being used by over 100 million people on a daily basis, while Zoom – by over 300 million. So it’s only natural thatMicrosoftis trying to stay attractive and ease communication and collaboration across all its services.
As a result, live events hosted in Teams, Yammer or Stream will continue within the following limits:
It must be mentioned that interactive meetings are available for up to 1,000 participants, while the rest of the participants (up to 20,000) will enjoy just a view-only experience.
Also, event hosts must have the Advanced Communications option added to theirMicrosoft365 orOffice 365plan.
With such great news for large companies, one surely has to be on the lookout for app improvements. The latest one allows users to transfer callsfrom PC to mobile.
Does this announcement work for your company? Tell us in the comments.
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Sinziana Mihalache
Sînziana loves getting people to better understand products, processes, and experiences beyond a simple user guide, either in writing or making use of images. She joined the team after a long-term collaboration with one of the world’s top cybersecurity companies - Bitdefender. Outside work, Sînziana enjoys climbing mountains, backpacking around the world, and writing about almost anything on her blog.
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