MC1330891 – Microsoft Teams: Breakout rooms now supported in meetings with up to 1,000 attendees

Product:

Teams

Platform:

Mac, Online, US Instances, Windows Desktop, World tenant

Status:

Launched

Change type:

New feature, User impact, Admin impact

Links:

560320

Details:

Summary:
Microsoft Teams will support breakout rooms in meetings with up to 1,000 attendees, allowing up to 200 breakout rooms per meeting. This feature, enabled by default, removes previous attendee limits and rolls out globally in July 2026. No action is required, but informing organizers is recommended.

Details:
[Introduction]
Microsoft Teams is expanding breakout room capacity to support larger meetings. With this update, breakout rooms can be used in meetings with up to 1,000 attendees, allowing organizers to run large meetings while still enabling smaller group collaboration. This change removes the need to limit meeting size in order to use breakout rooms.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 560320.
[When this will happen]
Targeted Release: Rollout begins in early July 2026 and is expected to complete by late July 2026.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, and DoD): Rollout begins in July 2026 and is expected to complete by late July 2026.

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Release Phase:
Standard Release

Created:
2026-06-02

updated:
2026-06-02

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