Roles in a Teams Session/Meeting
Microsoft Teams offers several roles for online class sessions and meetings. The table below details the capabilities of each role.
CAPABILITY |
ORGANIZER |
PRESENTER |
CO-ORGANIZER |
PRESENTER |
ATTENDEE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speak and share video |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
✔ |
Participate in meeting chat |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
✔ |
Share content |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Privately view a PowerPoint file shared by someone else |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
✔ |
Take control of someone else's PowerPoint presentation |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Mute other participants |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Prevent attendees from unmuting themselves |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Remove participants |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Admit people from the lobby |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Change the roles of other participants |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Start or stop recording |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
|
Start or stop live transcription |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
|
Change meeting options |
✔ |
|
✔ |
|
|
Add or remove an app |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Use an app |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Change app settings |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
|
Add/delete breakout rooms |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Assign users to breakout rooms |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Start/close breakout rooms |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Re-assign users to breakout rooms |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Send breakout room announcements |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Recreate breakout rooms |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
|
Set breakout room timers |
✔ |
|
|
✔ |
Questions?
Please contact the IT Services TechSquad for questions about Microsoft Teams.