Teams Events now support a backup RTMP-In source
Events in Teams, such as Town halls, Webinars, and Meetings, now support a backup RTMP-In source to keep a live broadcast running if the main stream is interrupted.
9. May 2026
Tagged: Teams Town hall
Town Hall, Webinar, and AMA Events in Viva Engage
Viva Engage introduces new community and storyline event types: Broadcast (Town Halls), Meeting (Webinars), and Async (AMA) events, alongside a unified events landing page.
6. May 2026
Automatic spoken language detection in multilingual Teams Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars
Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars in Teams now support automatic spoken language detection, replacing manual selection in multilingual events when Interpreter or multilingual speech recognition is enabled.
2. May 2026
Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events in Enterprise license suites
Microsoft is activating two new service plans, Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events, across all Enterprise licenses, as announced in January. Neither is included in Microsoft 365 Business licenses.
20. April 2026
Town Hall events in Teams for Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise users
Users with a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise license can now schedule Town Hall events in Teams with up to 3’000 interactive or 10’000 view-only attendees. The eCDN enhancement is still pending.
3. April 2026
Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – April 2026
Microsoft has published the new Teams Events capacity packs and the updated Teams Shared Space license, to replace the previous Teams Premium capabilities.
1. April 2026
Microsoft rolls out the new unified Events experience in the Teams Meet app
Microsoft is rolling out the updated Teams Meet app with a unified Events experience, bringing webinars, town halls, and custom events into a single workflow for easier creation, discovery, and management.
19. March 2026
Town halls in Microsoft Teams now let attendees request to speak
Attendees in Teams Town hall events can now raise their hands to request to speak, making live events more interactive.
28. October 2025
Teams Premium users can now use Polls in Town hall events
Microsoft Teams now supports real-time polls in Town hall events for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The Polls app is the first Premium app for Town halls, allowing organizers to collect instant feedback and boost audience engagement during live events.
27. October 2025
New setting for Teams Events: Control town hall access with TownhallEventAttendeeAccess
Teams has introduced a new policy setting that separates access control for town halls from webinars, giving admins more flexibility.
26. July 2025
Organizers and presenters can join Teams Town halls and Webinars via PSTN dial-in
Microsoft Teams is set to introduce dial-in options for Town halls and Webinars, allowing organizers and presenters to join using PSTN codes.
31. May 2025
Post and reply as “Organizer” in Microsoft Teams Q&A
Microsoft Teams is introducing a new feature for town halls, webinars, and meetings. The feature allows organizers to respond to questions as “Organizer” instead of their real names.
13. April 2025
New transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars in Teams
Teams is introducing new transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars, allowing more control over transcription and recording settings.
9. March 2025
Presenters can now moderate Q&A in Teams Town halls and Webinars
Teams is introducing a new feature for Town halls and Webinars that allows organizers to assign presenters as moderators for the Q&A session.
23. February 2025
Embed Teams town hall events in SharePoint pages
Microsoft Teams now supports embedding town hall events in sites managed by users, with features like Q&A and reactions.
16. November 2024
Live translated captions in Teams Town Halls for up to six languages
Town Halls in Teams will soon support real-time live translated captions in six languages, even without a Teams Premium license.
17. April 2024