check before: 2024-10-01
Product:
SharePoint, Teams
Platform:
Mac, Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Teams now supports embedding town hall events in sites managed by users, with features like Q&A and reactions. The rollout timeline has been updated, starting in early November 2024 for Targeted Release and early December for General Availability. Organizers can embed the event using a unique code from the town hall scheduling template.
Details:
Updated September 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
As a part of Team's ongoing effort to enable our customers to create, manage, and run large scale events, end users can now embed Teams town hall in sites they manage. This capability allows town hall attendees to watch the event instance within a particular website.
Embed for town hall introduces embeddable support for town hall engagement features on release. Attendees will have the same engagement feature access within the embed player as they do in client such as Q&A, Captions, Reactions and more.
To implement embed for town hall, organizers can access their town hall events unique embed code from the town hall scheduling template upon publish. Organizers can then take that code and inject it to their SharePoint or Microsoft 365 site as desired. On event start, attendees will be able to view and engage with the embed stream on the published site.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401120
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October).
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously late November).
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General Availability, Targeted Release
Created:
2024-09-14
updated:
2024-09-27
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft Teams will allow users to embed town hall events directly into websites managed on SharePoint or Microsoft 365, including interactive features like Q&A, captions, and reactions, with rollout starting in early November 2024 for the Targeted Release program and general availability by early December 2024.
Direct effects for Operations**
User Engagement Issues
If the embedding feature is implemented without proper preparation, users may face difficulties accessing the town hall events, leading to frustration and disengagement.
- roles: Event Organizer, End User
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=401120
Technical Integration Failures
Lack of preparation for embedding the town hall may result in technical failures, such as broken links or inaccessible content, negatively impacting the user experience.
- roles: IT Administrator, Event Organizer
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1%26filters=&searchterms=401120
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2024-09-27 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2024-09-27 | MC Summary | Microsoft Teams now supports embedding town hall events in sites managed by users. This feature includes engagement tools like Q&A and captions within the embed player. Organizers can get the unique embed code from the town hall scheduling template to add to SharePoint or Microsoft 365 sites. Rollout starts early October 2024, with full availability by late November 2024. The feature is detailed in Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401120. Organizers should prepare to implement the code upon release. | Microsoft Teams now supports embedding town hall events in sites managed by users, with features like Q&A and reactions. The rollout timeline has been updated, starting in early November 2024 for Targeted Release and early December for General Availability. Organizers can embed the event using a unique code from the town hall scheduling template. |
| 2024-09-27 | MC Last Updated | 09/14/2024 00:37:48 | 2024-09-27T00:44:03Z |
| 2024-09-27 | MC Messages | As a part of Team's ongoing effort to enable our customers to create, manage, and run large scale events, end users can now embed Teams town hall in sites they manage. This capability allows town hall attendees to watch the event instance within a particular website.
Embed for town hall introduces embeddable support for town hall engagement features on release. Attendees will have the same engagement feature access within the embed player as they do in client such as Q&A, Captions, Reactions and more. To implement embed for town hall, organizers can access their town hall events unique embed code from the town hall scheduling template upon publish. Organizers can then take that code and inject it to their SharePoint or Microsoft 365 site as desired. On event start, attendees will be able to view and engage with the embed stream on the published site. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401120 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024. General Availability (Worldwide/GCC): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. | Updated September 26, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
As a part of Team's ongoing effort to enable our customers to create, manage, and run large scale events, end users can now embed Teams town hall in sites they manage. This capability allows town hall attendees to watch the event instance within a particular website. Embed for town hall introduces embeddable support for town hall engagement features on release. Attendees will have the same engagement feature access within the embed player as they do in client such as Q&A, Captions, Reactions and more. To implement embed for town hall, organizers can access their town hall events unique embed code from the town hall scheduling template upon publish. Organizers can then take that code and inject it to their SharePoint or Microsoft 365 site as desired. On event start, attendees will be able to view and engage with the embed stream on the published site. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401120 [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early December 2024 (previously late October) and expect to complete by mid-December 2024 (previously late November). |
| 2024-09-27 | MC Title | Microsoft Teams: Embed support for Teams town hall | (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Embed support for Teams town hall |
| 2024-09-27 | MC End Time | 10/06/2025 09:00:00 | 2025-01-27T08:00:00Z |
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