Set up and attend live events

Plan and schedule a live event

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Teams live events is an extension of Teams meetings, enabling you to produce events for large online audiences with more control over video, audience interaction, and reporting.

  1. To create a live event in Teams, select Meetings Meetings button on the left side of the app and then New meeting.

  2. At the top of the dialog box, select New meeting > New live event.

  3. Add the meeting title, date and time information, and other details.

  4. In the Invite people to your event group box, add the names of the people who will be presenting and producing the event.

  5. Select Next.

  6. Under Live event permissions, choose who can attend your live event.

  7. Make selections under How do you plan to produce your event?

  8. Select Schedule.

  9. Select the Get attendee link to copy the unique code. This is what you post or send to anyone attending the event.

    Once the event is scheduled, be sure to make any changes in Teams. Don't edit this event in Outlook.

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