Overview
A Teams Live Event is a mass broadcast event in Teams capable of reaching 10,000 audience members. Teams live events is an extension of Teams meetings, enabling you to produce events for large online audiences with more control over video, audience interaction, and reporting. And anyone can join, regardless of their Teams status.
Read below for information on when to use a Live Event, basic instructions, and how/when to get help from IT.
A live event allows you to reach an exponentially larger audience, and ensures anyone can join, regardless of if they have a Teams account or not. These are ideal for mass meetings, and USF uses these currently to deliver presidential addresses. A Teams Meeting is used for audiences up to 1000 people, and when you want a lot of audience interactivity and participation. A Teams Live Event does not allow for audience members to speak or share their camera, and should be used when addressing a population more than a standard Teams Meeting. Live Events are more complex, and should be limited to required use that reflects your population size. Open Teams (not Outlook), select Meetings, and then New Meeting. From there select a Live Event. For more information, review the available information here. For a quick start guide, click here to download. Why would I use a Live Event?
What is the difference between a Teams Meeting and a Live Event?
How do I get started?
FAQ's and Additional Resources