{"id":6089,"date":"2023-10-02T11:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johndeletre.blog\/2023\/10\/town-hall-in-microsoft-teams\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T22:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T03:19:51","slug":"town-hall-in-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johndeletre.blog\/en\/2023\/10\/town-hall-in-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"“Town Hall” in Microsoft Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft recently announced Town Hall<\/strong>, a new virtual event experience that will replace Live events in Teams and will be generally available to business customers from October 5, 2023<\/strong>. At the same time, Microsoft is also announcing the withdrawal of live events by September 30, 2024<\/strong>. Live events will continue to be supported for another 12 months, until the date of its withdrawal. Microsoft is doing this primarily to simplify the virtual event experience in Microsoft Teams, integrating live event functionality into your Teams meeting experience. This will create a unified experience for your users, whether they’re hosting a small meeting, a customer-facing webinar or a company-wide town hall.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 I can’t wait to see how Microsoft translates “Town Hall” into French, as the literal translation would be “rencontre municipale”, or “assembl\u00e9es publiques” \ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Town Hall<\/strong> in Microsoft Teams, will be a new experience for hosting and organizing large-scale internal events to create links within your organization. Town Hall meetings will offer a one-to-many format with advanced production capabilities and a structured approach to participant engagement.<\/p>\n

With Town Hall meetings, your users will be able to organize various types of internal and external events, including company-wide town hall meetings, global team meetings, internal broadcasts, discussions, and much more. Town Hall meetings in Microsoft Teams will enable your users to extend their reach to evolve their message and connect with audiences around the world; create professionally produced, studio-quality events that offer a more dynamic and structured experience. You can also manage audience engagement to maximize participation and maintain focus on the event.<\/p>\n

What you need to know<\/h4>\n

From October 5, 2023<\/strong>, Town Hall virtual meetings will replace live events and will be available in Office 365 and Microsoft 365 E1\/E3\/E5\/A3\/A5 packages, for basic functionality. For advanced Town Hall features, you’ll need a Teams Premium<\/strong> license. Below you’ll find a list of basic and premium features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Fonctionnalit\u00e9s<\/th>Basic<\/th>Premium<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Capacit\u00e9<\/td>jusqu'\u00e0 10 000 participants<\/td>jusqu'\u00e0 20 000 participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chambre verte
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Dur\u00e9e de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement<\/td>Jusqu'\u00e0 30h<\/td>Jusqu'\u00e0 30h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G\u00e9rer ce que voient les participants<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masquer la liste des participants<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RTMP-in<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RTMP-out<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Q&A structur\u00e9es<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enregistrement sur demande<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rapports des participants<\/td>Oui<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communications par courrier \u00e9lectronique et personnalisation
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Sous-titres traduits en direct<\/td>Non<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concurrence des \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/td>jusqu'\u00e0 15 concurrentes<\/td>jusqu'\u00e0 50 concurrentes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Support eCDN (surveillance en temps r\u00e9el)<\/td>Non<\/td>Oui<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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While Microsoft Teams’ Town Hall-style meetings will eventually achieve full parity in terms of functionality with those of live events, there will be several differences in the experience at launch, including:<\/p>\n