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

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

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Summary

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

 

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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 Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Anonymous participants Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Anonymous users can join a meeting after verifying Premium X for No. X for No.
Attendance and engagement reports Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Attendee mic and camera Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Best practice configurations dashboard Check Mark for Yes. X for No. X for No.
Breakout rooms Check Mark for Yes. X for No.1 X for No.
CART Captions Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Channel meeting scheduling Check Mark for Yes. X for No. X for No.
Chat for town hall attendees X for No. X for No. Premium
Choose co-organizers Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Cloud Video Interoperability (CVI) Check Mark for Yes. X for No. Check Mark for Yes.
Compliance recording Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Content sharing Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Convenience recording Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark 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 X for No. X for No. Check Mark for Yes.
Download webinar transcripts X for No. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
eCDN For view-only meetings only. X for No. Check Mark for Yes.
eCDN analytics For view-only meetings only(Teams Premium). X for No. Teams Premium
Email customization for events X for No. Premium Premium
End-to-end encryption Premium X for No. X for No.
External participants can give or request control Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Green room Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark 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 X for No. X for No.
Join verification check Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Language interpretation Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Limit presenter role permissions Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Live captions Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Live stream with RTMP-Out Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Live transcription Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Lobby Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Manage what attendees see Premium Premium Check Mark for Yes.
Meeting chat Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark 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 Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Windows) can join as an attendee2 Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Android) can join as an attendee or presenter3 X for No. X for No. X for No.
Outlook add-in Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Participants can give or request control Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
PowerPoint Live Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Presenters Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Prevent copying or forwarding chat, captions, and transcripts Premium Premium Premium
Prevent users from joining external meetings Check Mark for Yes. X for No. X for No.
Prevent users from sharing content in external meetings Premium X for No. X for No.
Q&A Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Quality of Service (QoS) Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Reactions Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Premium
Real-Time-Text (RTT) Check Mark for Yes. X for No. X for No.
Real time town hall insights X for No. X for No. Premium
Record automatically Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Recordings automatically expire Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Recording storage and permissions Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Registration X for No. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Registration form for webinars X for No. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
RTMP-In Premium Premium Check Mark for Yes.
Sensitivity labels Premium X for No. X for No.
Shared notes Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Only for organizers and co-organizers.
Speaker coach Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. For organizers and co-organizers.
Streaming encoders Check Mark for Yes. X for No. Check Mark for Yes.
Town hall attendee reactions X for No. X for No. Premium
Video effects Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
View-only attendees 10,0004 X for No. X for No.
VOD X for No. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Voice isolation Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes.
Watermarks Premium Premium X for No.
Whiteboard Check Mark for Yes. Check Mark for Yes. X for No.
Who can record and transcribe Premium X for No. X for No.
Who has control of production tools X for No. X for No. Check Mark for Yes.

 

Further Readings

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

 

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