New setting for large audience events in Teams Events
Microsoft is simplifying the Broadcast and Collaborative event types with a new large audience setting in Teams Events. The setting automatically applies to events with more than 1,000 attendees.
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Important network updates for RTMP-In in Teams Events
Microsoft is updating the port and domain requirements for RTMP-In streaming in Teams Events. Administrators need to update firewall rules before mid-July 2026 to keep streaming working.
Teams Events now support a backup RTMP-In source
Events in Teams, such as Town halls, Webinars, and Meetings, now support a backup RTMP-In source to keep a live broadcast running if the main stream is interrupted.
Town Hall, Webinar, and AMA Events in Viva Engage
Viva Engage introduces new community and storyline event types: Broadcast (Town Halls), Meeting (Webinars), and Async (AMA) events, alongside a unified events landing page.
Automatic spoken language detection in multilingual Teams Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars
Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars in Teams now support automatic spoken language detection, replacing manual selection in multilingual events when Interpreter or multilingual speech recognition is enabled.
Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events in Enterprise license suites
Microsoft is activating two new service plans, Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events, across all Enterprise licenses, as announced in January. Neither is included in Microsoft 365 Business licenses.
Town Hall events in Teams for Microsoft 365 Business and Enterprise users
Users with a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise license can now schedule Town Hall events in Teams with up to 3’000 interactive or 10’000 view-only attendees. The eCDN enhancement is still pending.
Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – April 2026
Microsoft has published the new Teams Events capacity packs and the updated Teams Shared Space license, to replace the previous Teams Premium capabilities.
Microsoft rolls out the new unified Events experience in the Teams Meet app
Microsoft is rolling out the updated Teams Meet app with a unified Events experience, bringing webinars, town halls, and custom events into a single workflow for easier creation, discovery, and management.
Town halls in Microsoft Teams now let attendees request to speak
Attendees in Teams Town hall events can now raise their hands to request to speak, making live events more interactive.