Summary
After you've invited people to your meeting, you can add up to 10 Co-organizers to help manage your meeting. Co-organizers are displayed as additional organizers in the meeting participant list and have most of the capabilities of the meeting organizer. This article details how to add Co-organizers to Teams Meetings.
Content
Co-organizer capabilities
Understand Co-organizer capabilities before you add Co-organizers to a meeting:
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Co-organizers can:
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Co-organizers can't:
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Access and change meeting options
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Manage the meeting recording
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Manage breakout rooms
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Remove or change the meeting organizer's role
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Bypass the lobby
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Edit invitation info and send updated invites to attendees
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Admit people from the lobby during a meeting
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Lock the meeting
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Present content
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Change another participant’s meeting role
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Change meeting options during a channel meeting*
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End meeting for all
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How-To
Task: To add a Co-organizer in Teams Meetings
Instructions
Teams Application
Outlook
Teams Application Instructions
Step 1 - Go to the Calendar and click +New to add a meeting make sure Teams Meeting is slid to on
Step 2 - You should see the Meeting Options button next to the Teams Meetings slider click on Meeting Options
Step 3 - On the meeting options page, choose Roles and then Choose co-organizers, type a name in to add them to the meeting, or use the down arrow and choose the name of the additional co-organizer(s) if they were already added to the meeting invite.
Step 4 - Select Apply at the bottom of your screen.
Outlook Instructions
Step 1 - With Outlook after scheduling and adding Meeting attendees, go back to your calendar and select your meeting scroll down to the body and then choose Meeting Options.
Note: If using Outlook, make sure the people you want to add are already required attendees then follow the steps below:
Step 3 - On the meeting options page, choose Roles and then Choose co-organizers, select the down arrow and choose the name of the additional co-organizer(s).
Step 4 - Select Save at the bottom of your screen.
Important Notes:
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To allow co-organizers to change meeting options in a channel meeting, they must be directly invited to the channel meeting invitation.
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Non-USNH users can't be made co-organizers.
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To allow co-organizers to manage breakout rooms, they must be from the same organization as the meeting organizer.
Outcome
You will be able to add co-organizers to Teams Meetings.
Further Readings
Microsoft Support - Add co-organizers to a meeting in Microsoft Teams
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