Short version:
This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow you as organisers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings. Rollout from mid-April to late April across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web.

Details:
This release of Multiple spotlights in Teams meetings will allow you as organisers and presenters to spotlight up to 7 participants simultaneously for everyone to see during meetings.

When you are the meeting presenter or organiser, you can now spotlight more participants in Team meetings than ever before. The spotlighting of selected participants will be maintained on their videos or avatars for everyone to see until turned off by the presenter or organiser.

Presenters/organisers can now:

  • Start spotlight on multiple participants by accessing their context menu from the participant roster or from the stage
  • Stop individual spotlights or stop all spotlights in bulk from the roster
  • Spotlight a maximum of 7 participants simultaneously in a meeting

Two meeting attendees being spotlighted by the presenter:

Availability:
Rollout from mid-April to late April across Microsoft Teams Desktop, and on the Web.