By default, participants are automatically moved into breakout rooms when they're opened. When you turn off this option, participants receive a message asking them to join a breakout room. They select Join room (Join on a mobile device) before being moved.

  1. In the meeting controls, select Breakout rooms  Breakout rooms icon.

  2. Select Room settings  Settings button.

  3. Switch the Automatically move people to rooms toggle off.

  4. Select the back button < to save your changes.

Meeting attendees can learn more about joining and participating in breakout rooms here: Join a breakout room in a Teams meeting.