check before: 2025-05-01
Product:
Teams, Windows
Platform:
Android, iOS, Mac, mobile, Online, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Summary:
Microsoft Teams town hall organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can soon preview events as attendees from different platforms. This feature rolls out from late May to October 2025, requires no admin action, and disables select features in attendee view without affecting the overall event experience.
Details:
Updated September 10, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective.
This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May).
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late July).
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General Availability, Targeted Release
Created:
2025-04-16
updated:
2025-09-11
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Feature Disabling for Organizers
Certain features (like Q&A) will be disabled for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters when they preview as attendees, potentially limiting their ability to engage with the audience during the event.
- roles: Organizer, Co-Organizer
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=484126
User Experience Disruption
If users are not informed about the changes, they may be confused by the new preview feature and its limitations, leading to a negative experience during the event.
- roles: Presenter, Attendee
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=484126
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Last Updated | 06/02/2025 16:17:08 | 2025-09-10T20:53:07Z |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Messages | Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective. This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June), | Updated September 10, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective. This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late July). |
| 2025-09-11 | MC End Time | 08/29/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-12-15T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Summary | Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in Microsoft Teams town halls will soon be able to preview events as attendees. This feature will be available across various platforms and will roll out from late May to late July 2025. No admin action is required, but user notification and documentation updates are recommended. | Microsoft Teams town hall organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can soon preview events as attendees from different platforms. This feature rolls out from late May to October 2025, requires no admin action, and disables select features in attendee view without affecting the overall event experience. |
| 2025-06-03 | MC Messages | Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective.
This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. | Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in a Microsoft Teams town hall will soon be able to join and view the event from an attendee's perspective. This feature will be available for customers who have access to town hall in Teams for Windows or Mac desktop, Teams for the web, or Teams for iOS/Android. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484126. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June), |
| 2025-06-03 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: town hall organizers, co-organizers, presenters can join the event to preview as attendee | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: town hall organizers, co-organizers, presenters can join the event to preview as attendee |
| 2025-06-03 | MC Last Updated | 04/16/2025 01:26:50 | 2025-06-02T16:17:08Z |
| 2025-06-03 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact |
| 2025-06-03 | MC Summary | Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in Microsoft Teams town halls will soon be able to preview events from an attendee's perspective. This feature will be available on various Teams platforms starting mid-May 2025 for targeted release and mid-June 2025 for general availability. No admin action is required for the rollout. | Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in Microsoft Teams town halls will soon be able to preview events as attendees. This feature will be available across various platforms and will roll out from late May to late July 2025. No admin action is required, but user notification and documentation updates are recommended. |
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