TL;DR
The new Microsoft Teams feature for Town Hall allows organisers, presenters, and external presenters to engage in private discussions before, during, and after their virtual events, facilitating real-time collaboration. Now due early to mid-January 2025.
Details
This feature is accessed via the Town Hall Scheduling form, the Teams Calendar, or the event’s Details page. The chat appears in their chat pane and can be accessed from within the in-meeting chat by selecting the tab for Organisers and Presenters. The event organiser must define their presenters and external presenters on the Town Hall Scheduling form for this exclusive group chat to be created.
Organiser assigns presenters:
Before the Town Hall starts, organisers, co-organisers, and presenters can chat:
Organisers, co-organisers, and presenters chatting during a Town Hall:
AvailabilityDue mid to late March 2024.Now due early to mid-April 2024.Now due late June to early July 2024.Now due mid-July to late July 2024.Now due mid to late August 2024.Now due late September to mid-October 2024.
Now due early to mid-January 2025.
Source, related links, and references
MC715693.
365 Roadmap ID 377303.
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24th February 2024 and kept up to date.
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