Microsoft is now introducing a new virtual event experience called Town Hall.
Town Hall will replace Live Events – retirement is scheduled for September 30, 2024.
Town Hall can be used to host and deliver large-scale, internal or external events to create connections across an organization.
Town hall will replace Teams Live Events and is available for Office and Microsoft 365 customers, while advanced capabilities in town hall are available for Teams Premium customers.
- Attendee capacity: Town hall can host up to 10,000 attendees and up to 20,000 attendees in Teams Premium
- Event concurrency: Town hall supports up to 15 events hosted simultaneously across a tenant and up to 50 concurrent events in Teams Premium
- eCDN support: Town hall supports third-party eCDN providers for Office and Microsoft 365 offerings and Microsoft eCDN (first-party) in Teams Premium
- Green room: Presenters and organizers can join together in a virtual green room to ensure preparation is seamless. With the virtual green room, presenters have a separate, dedicated space separate from attendees where they can connect and talk live, stage content, do a quick briefing, and test run without disturbing attendees. In addition, presenters and organizers have a dedicated chat to leverage throughout the event that is not accessible for attendees. This functionality is the same as the existing green room experience in Teams Live Events and advanced webinars in Teams Premium
- On-demand recording: Recording of the event is available to share with attendees to watch after the event has ended. Organizers are now able to access the recording within the town hall setup and management experience by clicking on the recordings tab and then can publish the recording which automatically sends an email to attendees with a link to the recording
