[Friday, 5 May 2023]
If you host Live Events in Microsoft Teams that includes external attendees, or attend external Live Events as a Guest, this message is relevant to you.
Currently, external people who have been given Guest access in an organization’s Microsoft tenancy can join its Teams Live Events as an attendee using:
- the Teams desktop app
- the Teams mobile app
- a web browser.
What’s changing
Microsoft is withdrawing the option for external Guests to join Live Events using a web browser. They will need to use the Teams app, either on a computer or mobile device.
When it’s happening
Microsoft will start rolling out this change across all tenancies in mid-May and expects to finish by the end of May.
What you need to do
- If you are organizing a Teams Live Event from mid-May onwards, you may wish to and warn your external Guests that they will need to use the Teams app to join.
- If you attend Live Events as a Guest, make sure you have the Teams app installed on your device.
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