Meetings, webinars, and town halls feature comparison

Applies to: Microsoft Teams

APPLIES TO: 👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Meetings 👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Webinars 👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Town halls

Important

Licensing update for Teams Premium and Teams Enterprise

As of April 1, 2026, some features that were previously only available with Teams Premium are now included with Teams Enterprise. Teams Premium continues to offer advanced meeting protection, advanced communication (like the Queues app), branding and personalization, and intelligence capabilities. Learn more.

Customers who purchased Teams Premium licenses before April 1, 2026 will continue to have access to all the previously included Teams Premium features and product experiences included with these licenses until they expire.

To manage Teams Premium features, your tenant must have at least one active Teams Premium license.

Feature comparison

The following table shows which features are available in meetings, webinars, and town halls.

Feature	Meetings	Webinars	Town halls
Join and access
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
Join verification check	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Lobby	👁 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
Attendee mic and camera	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Manage what attendees see	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
View-only attendees	10,000	👁 Image of a x for no	10,000
Prevent users from joining external meetings	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Accessibility
CART Captions	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Live captions	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Live transcription	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Language interpretation	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Interpreter agent	Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Real-Time-Text (RTT)	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Chat and engagement
Meeting chat	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	Comment stream¹
Event group chat	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Q&A	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Reactions (meeting and webinar attendees) Reactions (town hall attendees)	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes ¹
Polls	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes ¹
Raise hand	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes ¹
Shared notes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	Only for organizers and co-organizers.
Roles and scheduling
Channel meeting scheduling	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 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
Registration	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Email customization	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Choose co-organizers	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Presenters	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Allow participant renaming	👁 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
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
Participants can give or request control	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no
Microsoft Teams Rooms (Windows) can join as attendee or presenter²	👁 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 presenter	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Content and sharing
Content sharing	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
PowerPoint Live	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 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
Breakout rooms	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no ³	👁 Image of a x for no
Recording and transcription
Compliance recording	👁 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
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
Download transcripts (meetings, webinars, town halls)	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
VOD	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Who can record and transcribe	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
Production and streaming
eCDN	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
eCDN analytics	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 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
RTMP-In	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
NDI	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) streaming	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes ⁴
1080p video resolution	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes ⁴
Who has control of production tools	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Silent Testing	Premium	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Cloud Video Interoperability (CVI)	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Streaming encoders	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Backgrounds and appearance
Custom backgrounds	Premium	Premium	Premium
Decorate my background	Premium	Premium	Premium
Video effects	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes
Meeting themes	Premium	Premium	Premium
Security and privacy
End-to-end encryption	Premium	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Sensitivity labels	Premium	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Watermarks	Premium	Premium	👁 Image of a x for no
Prevent copying or forwarding chat, captions, and transcripts	Premium	Premium	Premium
Detect sensitive content during screen sharing	Premium	Premium	Premium
Prevent screen captures	Premium	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no
Hide attendee names	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 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
AI and Copilot
Intelligent meeting recap	Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot	Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot	Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot in Teams meetings and events	Microsoft 365 Copilot	Microsoft 365 Copilot	Microsoft 365 Copilot for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters only.
Speaker coach	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	For organizers and co-organizers.
Network and quality
Quality of Service (QoS)	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 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
Best practice configurations dashboard	👁 Image of a checkmark for yes	👁 Image of a x for no	👁 Image of a x for no

¹ This feature is supported in town halls with up to 20,000 attendees. If reactions, raise hand, chat, or polls is enabled, the town hall is limited to a maximum of 20,000 attendees. These features can't be enabled for a subset of the audience (for example, only the first 20,000 attendees) in a larger event. For town halls with 20,001–100,000 attendees, these features must be turned off. Q&A remains available up to 100,000 attendees.

² Only Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows with a Pro license are officially supported to join meetings and events as a presenter or as an attendee. To allow Rooms to join as a presenter in meetings, organizers must set Who can present to either Organizer or co-organizer only or Specific people. To allow Rooms to join as an attendee in town halls, organizers must add the Room as an attendee when creating the town hall. To allow Rooms to join as an attendee in webinars, the registered attendee must send the registration link to the Room.

³ Your users can use breakout rooms if a webinar has fewer than 300 attendees. However, if the number of attendees increases to above 300, breakout rooms aren't supported.

⁴ This feature is supported in town halls with up to 20,000 attendees.

Capacity comparison

The following table details capacity for meetings, webinars, and town halls:

Feature	Meetings	Webinars	Town halls
Duration	30 hours	30 hours	30 hours
Recording maximum length	Four hours or 1.5 GB. When this limit is reached, the recording ends and automatically restarts.	Four hours or 1.5 GB. When this limit is reached, the recording ends and automatically restarts.	Four hours or 1.5 GB. When this limit is reached, the recording ends and automatically restarts.
Interactive participants	1,000 (Enterprise plans) 300 (Business plans)	1,000	Up to 100,000 with an Attendee Capacity Pack
View-only participants	10,000¹ (Enterprise plans only)	👁 Image of a x for no	10,000
Maximum total participants	11,000¹ (Enterprise plans only)	1,000	Up to 100,000 with an Attendee Capacity Pack

¹ The maximum total participants for meetings is the sum of the interactive participants plus view-only participants.

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