Teams Meetings: Teams Meetings, Webinars, and Town Halls Feature Comparison

Summary

This is information about the comparison of features between Teams Meetings, Webinars, and Town Halls.

 

Content

This table outlines the features available between Teams Meetings, Webinars, and Town Halls. Anything noting Microsoft 365 Copilot or Premium, requires an additional license in order to have the functionality available.  Licenses can be reviewed at the USNH Provided or Licensed Software service request.

Note: These links open to Microsoft Support or Learning pages. For the current copy of this table, see Microsoft Learn - Meetings, webinars, and town halls feature comparison  .

Feature Meetings Webinars Town halls
Announce when callers join or leave Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Anonymous participants Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Anonymous users can join a meeting after verifying Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Attendance and engagement reports Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Attendee mic and camera Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Best practice configurations dashboard Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Breakout rooms Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no1 Image of a x for no
CART Captions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Channel meeting scheduling Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Chat for town hall attendees Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
Choose co-organizers Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Cloud Video Interoperability (CVI) Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Compliance recording Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Content sharing Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Convenience recording Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Custom backgrounds Premium Premium Premium
Decorate my background Premium Premium Premium
Detect sensitive content during screen sharing Premium Premium Premium
Download town hall transcripts Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Download webinar transcripts Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
eCDN For view-only meetings only. Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
eCDN analytics For view-only meetings only(Teams Premium). Image of a x for no Teams Premium
Email customization for events Image of a x for no Premium Premium
End-to-end encryption Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
External participants can give or request control Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Green room Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Intelligent meeting recap Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot
Interpreter agent Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Join verification check Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Language interpretation Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Limit presenter role permissions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Live captions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Live stream with RTMP-Out Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Live transcription Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Lobby Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Manage what attendees see Premium Premium Image of a checkmark for yes
Meeting chat Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes For organizers, co-organizers, and presenters only.
Meeting themes Premium Premium Premium
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams meetings and events Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters only.
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Windows) can join as a presenter2 Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Windows) can join as an attendee2 Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Android) can join as an attendee or presenter3 Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Outlook add-in Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Participants can give or request control Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
PowerPoint Live Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Presenters Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Prevent copying or forwarding chat, captions, and transcripts Premium Premium Premium
Prevent users from joining external meetings Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Prevent users from sharing content in external meetings Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Q&A Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Quality of Service (QoS) Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Reactions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Premium
Real-Time-Text (RTT) Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Real time town hall insights Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
Record automatically Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Recordings automatically expire Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Recording storage and permissions Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Registration Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Registration form for webinars Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
RTMP-In Premium Premium Image of a checkmark for yes
Sensitivity labels Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Shared notes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Only for organizers and co-organizers.
Speaker coach Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes For organizers and co-organizers.
Streaming encoders Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes
Town hall attendee reactions Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Premium
Video effects Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
View-only attendees 10,0004 Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
VOD Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Voice isolation Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes
Watermarks Premium Premium Image of a x for no
Whiteboard Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a checkmark for yes Image of a x for no
Who can record and transcribe Premium Image of a x for no Image of a x for no
Who has control of production tools Image of a x for no Image of a x for no Image of a checkmark for yes

 

Further Readings

Microsoft Learn - Meetings, webinars, and town halls feature comparison  

 

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