As a part of Team’s ongoing effort to enable our customers to create, manage, and run large scale events, end users can now embed Teams town hall in sites they manage. This capability allows town hall attendees to watch the event instance within a particular website.
Embed for town hall introduces embeddable support for town hall engagement features on release. Attendees will have the same engagement feature access within the embed player as they do in client such as Q&A, Captions, Reactions and more.
To implement embed for town hall, organizers can access their town hall events unique embed code from the town hall scheduling template upon publish. Organizers can then take that code and inject it to their SharePoint or Microsoft 365 site as desired. On event start, attendees will be able to view and engage with the embed stream on the published site.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401120
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide/GCC): We will begin rolling out late October 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.
[How this will affect your organization:]
Users will be able to copy embed code directly from town hall scheduling form on event publish. After the embeddable code is placed in the website, the town hall player will be accessible to attendees who have access to the URL.
Note: Attendee access to the embedded video player is driven by the town hall event access.
[What you need to do to prepare:]
Organizers with SharePoint or Microsoft 365 site who want to utilize embed support for town hall can begin implementing the embeddable code upon release.
Source: Microsoft
The new update in Microsoft Teams introducing embed support for Teams town hall events is going to have a significant impact on both admins and users. Admins will now have the ability to create, manage, and run large-scale events more efficiently, while users will benefit from being able to watch town hall events directly on websites they manage. This means more convenience and accessibility for everyone involved!
In terms of criticality, this update is quite important as it enhances the engagement and interaction during town hall events. Attendees will have access to features like Q&A, Captions, Reactions, and more, making the experience more interactive and engaging. It’s a step towards creating a more seamless and inclusive virtual event environment.
So, get ready to embed those town hall events and bring the excitement to your websites! It’s time to level up your event game and make town hall meetings more interactive and fun for everyone involved. Let the embedding begin!